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SIDE LINES

SIGNIFICAVIT

formerly they were moved for by the attor neys at the side bar in court; such, for in stance, was the rule to plead, which was an order or command of the court requiring a defendant to plead within a specified number of days. Such also were the rules to reply, to rejoin, and many others, the granting of which depended upon settled rules of prac tice rather than upon the discretion of the courts, all of which are rendered unneces sary by recent statutory changes. Brown, voc. "Rule." SIDE LINES. In mining law, the side lines of a mining claim are those which measure the extent of the claim on each side of the middle of the vein at the surface. They are not necessarily the side lines as laid down on the ground or on a map or plat; for if the claim, in its longer dimen sion, crosses the vein, instead of following it, the platted side lines will be treated in law as the end lines, and vice versa, (see Argentine Min. Co. v. Terrible Min. Co., 122 U. S. 478, 7 Sup. Ct 1356, 30 L. Ed. 1140; Del Monte Min. Co. v. Last Chance Min. Co., 171 U. S. 55, 18 Sup. Ct 895, 43 L. Ed. 72. SIDE REPORTS. A term sometimes ap plied to unofficial volumes or series of re ports, as contrasted with those prepared by the official reporter of the court, or to collec tions of cases omitted from the official re ports. SIDESMEN. In ecclesiastical law. These were originally persons whom, in the ancient episcopal synods, the bishops were wont to summon out of each parish to give informa tion of the disorders of the clergy and people, and to report heretics. In process of time they became standing officers, under the title of "synodsmen," "sidesmen," or "quest men." The whole of their duties seems now to have devolved by custom upon the church wardens of a parish. 1 Burn, Ecc. Law, 399. A walk for foot passen gers at the side of a street or road. See Kohlhof v. Chicago, 192 111. 249, 61 N. E. 446, 85 Am. St Rep. 335; Challiss v. Parker, 11 Kan. 391; State v. Berdetta, 73 Ind. 185, 38 Am. Rep. 117; Pequignot v. Detroit (C. C.) 16 Fed. 212. SIEN. An obsolete form of the word "scion," meaning offspring or descendant Co. Litt 123a. SIERVO. Span. In Spanish law. A slave. Las Partidas, pt 4, tit 21, 1. 1. SIETE PARTIDAS. Span. Seven parts. See LAS PARTIDAS. SIGHT. When a bill of exchange Is ex pressed to be payable "at sight," it means SIDEWALK.

on presentment to the drawee. See Camp bell v. French, 6 Term, 212. SIGIL. In old English law, a seal, or a contracted or abbreviated signature used as a seal. SIGILLUM. Lat In old English law. A seal; originally and properly a seal im pressed upon wax. Sigillum est oera impressa, quia oera sine impressione non est sigillnm. A seal is a piece of wax impressed, because wax without an impression is not a seaL 3 Inst. 169. SIGLA. Lat. In Roman law. Marks or signs of abbreviation used in writing. Cod. 1, 17, 11, 13. SIGN. To affix one's name to a writing or instrument, for the purpose of authenti cating it, or to give it effect as one's act To "sign" is merely to write one's name on paper, or declare assent or attestation by some sign or mark, and does not, like "subscribe,'* require that one should write at the bottom of the instrument signed. See Sheehan v. Kear ney, 82 Miss. 688, 21 South. 41, 35 L. R. A. 102; Robins v. Coryell, 27 Barb. (N. Y.) 560; James v. Patten, 6 N. Y. 9. 55 Am. Dec. 376. In English law. The signature or subscription of the king is term ed his "sign-manual." There is this differ ence between what the sovereign does under the sign manual and what he or she does un der the great seal, viz., that the former Is done as a personal act of the sovereign; the latter as an act of state. Brown. SIGNATORIUS ANNTTLUS. Lat In the civil law. A signet-ring; a seal-ring. Dig. 50, 16, 74. SIGNATURE. In ecclesiastical law. The name of a sort of rescript, without seal, containing the supplication, the signature of the pope or his delegate, and the grant of a pardon. In contracts. The act of writing one's name upon a deed, note, contract or other instrument, either to identify or authenticate it or to give it validity as one's own act The name so written is also called a "signa ture." SIGNET. A seal commonly used for the sign manual of the sovereign. Wharton. The signet is also used for the purpose of civil justice in Scotland. Bell. SIGNIFICATION. In French law. The notice given of a decree, sentence, or other judicial act SIGNTFICAVrr. In ecclesiastical law. When this word is used alone, it means the SIGN-MANUAL.