KFLCC Kingdom Law 2nd Ed.

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SATISFIED TERM

SCANDAL

SATISFIED TERM. A term of years In land is thus called when the purpose for which it was created has been satisfied or executed before the expiration of the set pe riod. —Satisfied terms act. The statute 8 & 9 Vict. c. 112, passed to abolish satisfied outstand ing terms of years in land. By this act, terms which shall henceforth become attendant upon the inheritance, either by express declaration or construction of law, are to cease and determine. This, in effect, abolishes outstanding terms. 1 Steph. Comm. 380-382; Williams, Real Prop, pt 4, c. 1, SATISFY, in technical use, generally means to comply actually and fully with a demand; to extinguish, by payment or per formance. Satins est petere fontes quam sectari rivulos. Lofft, 606. It is better to seek the source than to follow the streamlets. SATURDAY'S STOP. In old English law. A space of time from even-song on Saturday till sun-rising on Monday, in which it was not lawful to take salmon in Scotland and the northern parts of England. Oowell. SAUNKEFIN. L. Fr. End of blood; fail ure of the direct line in successions. Spel man; Cowell. SAUVAGINE. L. Fr. Wild animals. SAUVEMENT. L. Fr. Safely. Sauve ment gardes, safely kept Britt. c. 87. SAVE. To except, reserve, or exempt; as where a statute "saves" vested rights. To toll, or suspend the running or operation of; as to "save" the statute of limitations. SAVER DEFAULT. L. Fr. In old Eng lish practice. To excuse a default. Termes de la Ley. SAVING CLAUSE. A saving clause in a statute is an exception of a special thing out of the general things mentioned in the stat ute ; it is ordinarily a restriction in a repeal ing act, which is intended to save rights, pending proceedings, penalties, etc., from the annihilation which would result from an un restricted repeal. State v. St Louis, 174 Mo. 125, 73 S. W. 623, 61 L. R. A. 593; Clark Thread Co. v. Kearney Tp., 55 N. J. Law, 50, 25 Atl. 327. SAVING THE STATUTE OF LIMITA TIONS. A creditor is said to "save the statute of limitations" when he saves or pre serves his debt from being barred by the operation of the statute. Thus, in the case of a simple contract debt if a creditor com mence an action for its recovery within six years from the time when the cause of ac tion accrued, he will be in time to save the statute. Brown. SAVINGS BANK. See BANE. BT.-TJAW T>rnT.r2n fin \ —«7

SAVOUR. To partake the nature of; to bear affinity to. SAVOY. One of the old privileged places, or sanctuaries. 4 Steph. Comm. 227n. SAXON LAGE. The laws of the West Saxons. Cowell. SAY ABOUT. This phrase, like "more or less," is frequently introduced into con veyances or contracts of sale, to indicate that the quantity of the subject-matter is uncertain, and is only estimated, and to guard the vendor against the implication of having warranted the quantity. In Hindu law. Variable im posts distinct from land, rents, or revenues; consisting of customs, tolls, licenses, duties on goods; also taxes on houses, shops, ba zaars, etc. Wharton. SC. An abbreviation for "scilicet" that is to say. SCABINI. In old European law. The judges or assessors of the judges in the court held by the count Assistants or associates of the count; officers under the count The permanent selected judges of the Franks. Judges among the Germans, Franks, and Lombards, who were held in peculiar esteem. Spelman. SCACCARIUM. A chequered cloth re sembling a chess-board which covered the table in the exchequer, and on which, when certain of the king's accounts were made up, the sums were marked and scored with coun ters. Hence the court of exchequer, or curia scaccarii, derived its name. 3 Bl. Comm. 44. SCALAM. At the scale; the old way of paying money into the exchequer. Cowell. SCALE. In early American law. To ad just graduate, or value according to a scale. Walden v. Payne, 2 Wash. (Va.) 5, 6. SAYER. SCANDAL. Defamatory reports or ru mors; aspersion or slanderous talk, uttered recklessly or maliciously. In pleading. "Scandal consists in the al legation of anything which is unbecoming the dignity of the court to hear, or is con trary to good manners, or which charges some person with a crime not necessary to be shown in the cause; to which may be qrtlded that any unnecessary allegation, bear ing cruelly upon the moral character of an individual, is also scandalous." Daniell, Ch. Pr. 290. And see McNulty v. Wiesen (D. C.) 130 Fed. 1013; Kelley v. Boettcher, 85 Fed SCAMNUM CADUCUM. In old rec ords, the cucking-stool, (q. v.) Cowell.