KFLCC Kingdom Law 2nd Ed.

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8AORAMENTUM

SAC. In old English law. A liberty of holding pleas; the jurisdiction of a manor court; the privilege claimed by a lord of try ing actions of trespass between his tenants, in his^ manor court, and imposing fines and amerciaments in the same. SACABURTH, SACABERE, SAKA BERE. In old English law. He that is robbed, or by theft deprived of his money or goods, and puts in surety to prosecute the felon with fresh suit. Bract, fol. 1546. SACCABOR. In old Egnlish law. The person from whom a thing had been stolen, and by whom the thief was freshly pursued* Bract, fol. 1546. See SACABUBTH. SACCUIIARH. Lat In Roman law. Cutpurses. 4 Steph. Comm. 125. SACCUS. L. Lat. In old English law. A sack. A quantity of wool weighing thirty or twenty-eight stone. Fleta, 1. 2, c. 79, § 10. SACCUS CUM BROCHIA. L. Lat In old English law. A service or tenure of find ing a sack and a broach (pitcher) to the sovereign for the use of the army. Bract 1. 2, c. 16. SACQTJIER. In maritime law. The name of an ancient officer, whose business was to load and unload vessels laden with salt, corn, or fish, to prevent the ship's crew defrauding the merchant by false tale, or cheating him of his merchandise otherwise. Laws Oleron, a r t 11; 1 Pet Adm. Append. 25. SACRA. Lat In Roman law. The right to participate in the sacred rites of. the city. Butl. Hor. Jur. 27. SACRAMENTALES. L. Lat. In feudal law. Compurgators; persons who came to purge a defendant by their oath that they believed him innocent SACRAMEXTI ACTIO. Lat In the older practice of the Roman law, this was one of the forms of legis actio, consisting in the deposit of a stake or juridical wager. See SACKAMENTUM. SACRAMENTUM. Lat In Roman law. An oath, as being a very sacred thing; more particularly, the oath taken by soldiers to be true to their general and their country. Ainsw. Lex. In one of the formal methods of begin ning an action at law (legis actiones) known to the early Roman jurisprudence, the sac ramentum was a sum of money deposited in court by each of the litigating parties, as a kind of wager or forfeit to abide the re-

S. As an abbreviation, this letter stands for "section," "statute," and various other words of which it is the initial. S. B. An abbreviation for "senate bill." S. C. An abbreviation for "same case." Inserted between two citations, it indicates that the same case is reported in both places. It is also an abbreviation for "supreme court," and for "select cases;" also for "South Carolina." S. F. S. An abbreviation in the civil law for "sine fraude sua" (without fraud on his part.) Galvin. S. I*. An abbreviation for statute] laws." "session [or S. P. An abbreviation of "sine prole," without issue. Also an abbreviation of "same principle," or "same point," indicat ing, when inserted between two citations, that the second involves the same doctrine as the first. S. V. An abbreviation for "sub voce," under the word; used in references to dic tionaries, and other works arranged alpha betically. SABBATH. One of the names of the first day of the week; more properly called "Sunday," {q. v.) See State v. Drake, 64 N. C. 591; Gunn v. State, 89 Ga. 341, 15 S. E. 458. —Sabbath-breaking. The offense of violat ing the laws prescribed for the observance of Sunday. State v. Baltimore & O. R. Co., 15 W. Va. 381, 36 Am. Rep. 803; State v. Popp, 45 Md. 433. SABBATUM. L. Lat The Sabbath; also peace. Domesday. SABBULONARIUM. A gravel pit, or liberty to dig gravel and sand; money paid for the same. Cowell. SABINIANS. A school or sect of Roman jurists, under the early empire, founded by Ateius Capito, who was succeeded by M. Sabinus, from whom the name. SABLE. The heraldic term for black. It is called "Saturn," by those who blazon by planets, and "diamond," by those who use the names of jewels. Engravers com monly represent it by numerous perpendicu lar and horizontal lines, crossing each other. Wharton. SABUBRA. law. Ballast L. Lat. In old maritime S. D. trict" An abbreviation for "southern dis