KFLCC Kingdom Law 2nd Ed.

SHORT SUMMONS

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SI NULLA SIT OONJEOTURA

SI ALIQUID SAPIT. Lat. If he knows anything; If he is not altogether devoid of reason. Si assuetis mederi possis, nova nom sunt tentanda. If you can be relieved by accustomed remedies, new ones should not be tried. 10 Coke, 1426. If an old wall can be repaired, a new one should not be made. Id. SI CONSTET DE PERSONA. Lat If it be certain who is the person meant. SI CONTINGAT. Lat If it happen. Words of condition in old conveyances. 10 Coke, 42a. SI FECERIT TE SECURUM. Lat If [he] make you secure. In practice. The Initial and emphatic words of that descrip tion of original writ which directs the sher iff to cause the defendant to appear In court, without any option given him, provided the plaintiff gives the sheriff security effectually to prosecute his claim. 3 Bl. Comm. 274. Si ingratum dixeris, omnia dixeris. If you affirm that one is ungrateful, in that you include every charge. A Roman maxim. Tray. Lat Max. SI ITA EST. Lat. If It be so. Em phatic words in the old writ of mandamus to a judge, commanding him, if the fact alleged be truly stated, (si ita est,) to affix his seal to a bill of exceptions. Ex parte Crane, 5 Pet 192, 8 L Ed. 92. Si meliores sunt quos ducit amor, plures sunt quos corrigit timor. If those are better who are led by love, those are the greater number who are corrected by fear. Co. Litt 392. Si non appareat quid actum est, erit consequens ut id sequamur quod in re gione in qua actum est frequentatur. If it does not appear what was agreed upon, the consequence will be that we must fol low that which is the usage of the place where the agreement was made. Dig. 50, 17, 34. SI NON OMNES. Lat In English prac tice. A writ of association of justices where by, if all in commission cannot meet at the day assigned, it is allowed that two or more may proceed with the business. Cowell; Fitzh. Nat Brev. Ill C. Si nulla sit conjectura quae ducat alio, verba intelligenda sunt ex proprietate, non grammatica sed popular! ex usu. If there be no inference which leads to a different result, words are to be understood according to their proper meaning, not in a

SHORT SUMMONS. A process, author ized in some of the states, to be issued against an absconding, fraudulent, or non resident debtor, which is returnable within a less number of days than an ordinary writ of summons. An old custom of the city of Exeter. A mode of foreclosing the right of a tenant by the chief lord of the fee, in cases of non-payment of rent. Cowell. SHOW. Although the words "show" and "indicate" are sometimes interchangeable in popular use, they are not always so. To "show" is to make apparent or clear by evi dence; to prove; while an "indication" may be merely a. symptom; that which points to or gives direction to the mind. Coyle v. Com., 104 Pa. 133. SHOW CAUSE. To show cause against a rule nisi, an order, decree, execution, etc., is to appear a£ directed, and present to the court such reasons and considerations as one has to offer why it should not be con firmed, take effect, be executed, or as the case may be. SHRIEVALTY. The office of sheriff; the period of that office. SHYSTER. A "pettifogging shyster" Is an unscrupulous practitioner who disgraces his profession by doing mean work, and re sorts to sharp practice to do it. Bailey v. Kalamazoo Pub. Co., 40 Mich. 251. See, also, Gribble v. Pioneer Press Co., 34 Minn. 342, 25 N. W. 710. Si a jure discedas, vagus eris, et erunt omnia omnibus incerta. If you depart from the law, you will go astray, and all things will be uncertain to everybody. Co. Litt 227&. SI ACTIO. Lat. The conclusion of a plea to an action when the defendant de mands judgment, if the plaintiff ought to have his action, etc. Obsolete. Si alieujus rei societas sit et finis ne gotio impositus est, finitur societas. If there is a partnership in any matter, and the business is ended, the partnership ceases. Griswold v. Waddington, 16 Johns. (N. Y.) 438, 489. Si aliquid ex solemnibus deficiat, cum sequitas poscit, subveniendum est. If any one of certain required forms be want ing, where equity requires, it will be aided. 1 Kent, Comm. 157. The want of some of a neutral vessel's papers is strong presump tive evidence against the ship's neutrality, yet the want of any one of them is not absolutely conclusive. Id. SHOBTFOBD.