KFLCC Kingdom Law 2nd Ed.

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SI PARET

SIDE-BAR RULES

SIB. Sax. A relative or kinsman. Used In the Scotch tongue, but not now in Eng lish. SIC. Lat Thus; so; in such manner. Sie enim debere quern meliorem agrnm sunm facere ne vicini deteriorem faciat. Every one ought so to improve his land as not to injure his neighbor's. 3 Kent Comm. 441. A rule of the Roman law. Sie interpretandnm est nt verba ac cdpiantur cum effectn. 3 Inst. 80. [A statute] is to be so interpreted that the words may be taken with effect SIC SUBSCRIBITUR. Lat. In Scotch practice. So it is subscribed. Formal words at the end of depositions, immediately pre ceding the signature. 1 How. State Tr. 1379. Sie ntere tno nt aliennm non lsedas. Use your own property in such a manner as not to injure that of another. 9 Coke, 59; 1 BL Comm. 306; Broom, Max. 365. SICH. A little current of water, which is dry in summer; a water furrow or gutter. Cowell. SICITTS. A sort of money current among the ancient English, of the value of 2d. SICKNESS. Disease; malady; any mor bid condition.of the body (including insanity) which, for the time being, hinders or pre vents the organs from normally discharging their several functions. L R. 8 Q. B, 295. SICUT ALIAS. Lat. As at another time, or heretofore. This was a second writ sent out when the first was not executed. Cow ell. SICUT ME DEUS ADJUVET. Lat So help me God. Fleta, 1. 1, c. 18, § 4. Sicnt natnra nil facit per saltnm, ita neo lex. Co. Litt. 238. In the same way as nature does nothing by a bound, so neither does the law. SIDE. The same court is sometimes said to have different sides; that is, different provinces or fields of jurisdiction. Thus, an admiralty court may have an "instance side," distinct from its powers as a prize court; the "crown side," (criminal jurisdiction) is to be distinguished from the "plea side," (civil jurisdiction;) the same court may have an "equity side" and a "law side." SIDE-BAR RULES. In English prac tice. There are some rules which the courts authorize their officers to grant as a matter of course without formal application being made to them in open court, and these are technically termed "side-bar rules," because

grammatical, but in a popular and ordinary, sense. 2 Kent, Comm. 555. SI PARET. Lat If it appears. In Ro man law. Words used in the formula by which the praetor appointed a Judge, and instructed him how to decide the cause. Si plures sint fidejussores, quotquot erunt numero, singnli in solidum tenen tur. If there are more sureties than one, how many soever they shall be, they shall each be held for the whole. Inst. 3, 20, 4. SI PRUTS. Lat. In old practice. If before. Formal words in the old writs for summoning juries. Fleta, 1. 2, c. 65, § 12. Si quid universitati debetnr singulis non debetnr, nee quod debet universi tas singuli debent. If anything be owing to an entire body, it Is not owing to the individual members; nor do the individuals owe that which is owing by the entire body. Dig. 8» 4, 7, 1. Si quidem in nomine, cognomine, prsenomine legatarii testator erraverit, ram de persona oonstat, nihilominus va let legatum. Although a testator may have mistaken the nomen, cognomen, or pramomen of a legatee, yet, If It be certain who Is the person meant, the legacy is valid. Inst. 2, 20, 29; Broom, Max. 645. SI QUIS. Lat In the civil law. If any one. Formal words in the praetorian edicts. The words "guis," though masculine in form was held to include women. Dig. 50, 16, 1. Si qnis enstos fraudem pnpillo fecerit, • tntela removendns est. Jenk. Cent. 39. If a guardian do fraud to his ward, he shall be removed from his guardianship. Si qnis prsegnantem uxorem reliquit, non videtur sine liberis deeessisse. If a man leave his wife pregnant, he shall not be considered to have died without children. A rule of the civil law. Si qnis rninm perensserit, onm alinm perentere vellet, in felonia tenetnr. 3 Inst 51. If a man kill one, meaning to kill another, he is held guilty of felony. SI RECOGNOSCAT. Lat. If he ac knowledge. In old practice. A writ which lay for a creditor against his debtor for money numbered • (pecunia numerata) or counted; that is, a specific sum of money, which the debtor had acknowledged in the county court, to owe him, as received in pecuniis numeratis. Cowell. Si snggestio non sit vera, literse pa tentes vacuse sunt. 10 Coke, 113. If the suggestion be not true, the letters patent are void.