Blacks Law Dict. 1st ed

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three propositions, (two premises and the conclusion,) and these contain three terms, of which the two occurring in the conclusion are brought together in the premises by being referred to a common class. SYLVA CiEDUA. Lat. In ecclesias tical law. Wood of any kind which was kept on purpose to be cut, and which, being cut, grew again from the stump or root. Lynd. Prov. 190; 4 Reeve, Eng. Law, 90. SYMBOLiEOGEAPHY. The ait or cun ning rightly to form and make written instru ments. It is either judicial or extrajudicial; the latter being wholly occupied with such instruments as concern matters not yet judi cially in controversy, such as instruments of agreements or contracts, and testaments or last wills. Wharton. SYMBOLIC DELIVERY. The con structive delivery of the subject-matter of a sale, where it is cumbersome or inaccessible, by the actual delivery of some article which is conventionally accepted as the symbol or representative of it, or which renders access to it possible, or which is evidence of the purchaser's title to it. SYMBOLUM ANIMUS. A mortuary, or soul-scot. SYMOND'S INN. Formerly an inn of chancery. SYNALLAGMATIC CONTRACT. In the civil law. A bilateral or reciprocal con tract, in which the parties expressly enter in to mutual engagements, each binding himself to the other. Poth. Obi. no. 9. SYNCOPARE. To cut short, or pro nounce things so as not to be understood. Cowell. SYNDIC. In the civil law. An advo cate or patron; a burgess or recorder; an agent or attorney who acts for a corporation or university; an actor or procurator; an as signee. Wharton. In French law. The person who is com missioned by the courts to administer a bank ruptcy. He fulfills the same functions as the trustee in English law, or assignee in Amer ica. The term is also applied to the person appointed to manage the affairs of a corpora tion. See 9 Pet. 182. SYNDICATE. A university committee. A combination of persons or firms united for the purpose of enterprises too large for indi

SWEINMOTE. In forest law. A court holden before the verderors, as judges, by the steward of the sweinmote, thrice in ev ery year, the sweins or freeholders within the forest composing the jury. Its principal ju risdiction was— First, to inquire into the op pressions and grievances committed by the officers of the forest; and, secondly, to receive and try presentments certified from the court of attachments in offenses against vert and venison. 3 Bl. Comm. 72. SWELL. To enlarge or increase. In an action of tort, circumstances of aggravation may "swell" the damages. SWIFT WITNESS. A term colloquial ly applied to a witness who is unduly zealous or partial for the side which calJs him, and who betrays his bias by his extreme readiness to answer questions or volunteer information. SWINDLING. Cheating and defrauding grossly with deliberate artifice. 2 Port. (Ala.) 157. By the statute, "swindling" is defined to be the acquisition of personal or movable property, money, or instrument of writing conveying or securing a valuable right, by means of some false or deceitful pretense or device, or fraudulent representation, with in tent to appropriate the same to the use of the party so acquiring, or of destroying or im pairing the rights of the party justly entitled to the same. (Pen. Code, art. 790.) 10 Tex. App. 285. SWOLING OP LAND. So much land as one's plow can till in a year; a hide of land. Cowell. SWORN BROTHERS. In old English law. Persons who, by mutual oaths, cove nant to share in each other's fortunes. SWORN CLERKS IN CHANCERY. Certain officers in the English court of chan cery, whose dutier were to keep the records, make copies of pleadings, etc. Their offices were abolished by St. 5 & 6 Viet. c. 103. SYB AND SOM. A Saxon form of greeting, meaning peace and safety. SYLLABUS. A head-note; a note pre fixed to the report of an adjudged case, con taining an epitome or brief statement of the rulings of the court upon the point or points decided in the case. SYLLOGISM. In logic. The full logic al form of a single argument. It consists of

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