KFLCC Kingdom Law 2nd Ed.

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SACRAMENTUM

SAIGA

tween others ought not to prejudice those who were not parties. Dig. 42, 1, 63. Ssepe viatorem nova, non vetus, orbita fallit. 4 Inst. 34. A new road, not an old one, often deceives the traveler. Ssepenumero nbi proprietas verborum attenditnr, sensus veritatis amittitur. Oftentimes where the propriety of words is attended to, the true sense is lost Branch, Princ.; 7 Coke, 27. SJBVITIA. Lat In the law of divorce. Cruelty; anything which tends to bodily harm, and in that manner renders cohabita tion unsafe. 1 Hagg. Const 458. SAFE-CONDUCT. A guaranty or se curity granted by the king under the great seal to a stranger, for his safe coming into and passing out of the kingdom. Cowell. One of the papers usually carried by ves sels in time of war, and necessary to the safety of neutral merchantmen. It is in the nature of a license to the vessel to proceed on a designated voyage, and commonly con tains the name of the master, the name, de scription, and nationality of the ship, the voyage intended, and other matters. SAFE-PLEDGE. A surety given that a man shall appear upon a certain day. Bract 1. 4, c. 1. SAFEGUARD. In old English law. A special privilege or license, in the form of a writ, under the great seal, granted to stran gers seeking their right by course of law within the king's dominions, and apprehend ing violence or injury to their persons or property from others. Reg. Orig. 26. SAGAMAN. A tale-teller; a secret ac cuser. SAGES DE LA LEY. L. Fr. Sages of the law; persons learned in the law. A term applied to the chancellor and justices of the king's bench. SAGIBARO. In old European law. A judge or justice; literally, a man of causes, or having charge or supervision of causes. One who administered justice and decided causes in the mallum, or public assembly. Spelman. SAID. Before mentioned. This word is constantly used in contracts, pleadings, and other legal papers, with the same force as "aforesaid." See Shattuck v. Balcom, 170 Mass. 245, 49 N. E. 87; Cubine v. State, 44 Tex. Cr. R. 596, 73 S. W. 396; Hinrichsen v. Hinrichsen, 172 111. 462, 50 N. B. 135; Wilkinson v. State, 10 Ind. 373. SAIGA. In old European law. A Ger man coin of the value of a penny, or of three pence.

suit of the suit. The successful party re ceived back his stake; the losing party for feited his, and it was paid into the public treasury, to be expended for sacred objects, (tn sacris rebus,) whence the name. See Mackeld. Rom. Law, § 203. 'In common law. An oath. Cowell. — Sacramentum decisionis. The voluntary or decisive oath of the civil law, where one of the parties to a suit, not being able to prove his -case, offers to refer the decision of the cause to the oath of his adversary, who is bound to ac- <»pt or make the same offer on his part, or the whole is considered as confessed by him. 3 Bl. Coram. 342.— Sacramentum fidelitatis. In old English law. The oath of fealty. Beg. Orig. 303. Sacramentum habet in se tres co mites,—veritatem, justitiant, "et judi cium; Veritas habenda est in jurato; justitia et justicium in judice. An oath has in it three component parts,—truth, jus tice, and judgment; truth in the party swear ing; justice and judgment in the judge ad ministering the oath. 3 Inst 160. Sacramentum si fatuum fuerit, licet falsum, tamen non committit perjurium. 2 Inst 167. A foolish oath, though false, makes not perjury. SACRILEGE. In English criminal law. Larceny from a church. 4 Steph. Oomm. 164. The crime of breaking a church or chapel, and stealing therein. 1 Russ. Crimes, 843. In old English, law. The desecration of anything considered holy; the alienation to lay-men or to profane or common purposes of what was given to religious persons and to pious uses. Cowell. SACRILEGIUM. Lat In the civil law. The stealing of sacred things, or things dedi cated to sacred uses; the taking of things out of a holy place. Calvin. SACRILEGUS. Lat. In the civil and -common law. A sacrilegious person; one guilty of sacrilege. Saerilegns omnium prsedonum cupi ditatem et scelera superat. 4 Coke, 106. A sacrilegious person transcends the cupidity and wickedness of all other robbers. SACRISTAN. A sexton, ajnciently called "sagerson," or "sagiston;" the keeper of things belonging to divine worship. SADBERGE. A denomination of part of the county palatine of Durham. Wharton. SiEMEND. In old English law. An um pire, or arbitrator. Ssepe constitutum est, res inter alios judicatas aliis non» prsejndicare. It has •often been settled that matters adjudged be