KFLCC Kingdom Law 2nd Ed.

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judges; as a sitting in banc. 3 Steph. Comm. 423. The holding of a court of nisi prius by one or more of the judges of a superior cotfrt, instead of the ordinary nisi prius judge. 3 Steph. Comm. 422. —Sittings after term. Sittings in banc after term were held by authority of the St. 1 & 2 Vict c. 32. The courts were at lib erty to transact business at their sittings as in term-time, but the custom was to dispose only of cases standing for argument or judg ment. Wharton.—Sittings in bank or bane. The sessions of a court with the full bench present, for the purpose of determining mat ters of law argued 1 before them.—Sittings in camera. See CHAKBKBS. SITUS. Lat Site; position; location; the place where a thing is, considered, for example, with reference to jurisdiction over it or the right or power to tax it See Boyd v. Selma, 96 Ala. 144, 11 South. 393, 16 L. R. A. 729; Bullock v. Guilford, 59 Vt 516, 9 Atl. 360; Fenton v. Edwards, 126 Cal. 43, 58 Pac. 320, 46 L. R. A. 832, 77 Am. St Rep. 141. Sive tota res evincatur, sive pars, habet regressnm emptor in venditorem. The purchaser who has been evicted in whole or in part has an action against the vendor. Dig. 21, 2, 1; Broom, Max. 768. SIX ACTS, THE. The acts passed in 1819, for the pacification of England, are so called. They, in effect prohibited the train ing of persons to arms; authorized general searches and seizure of arms; prohibited meetings of more than fifty persons for the discussion of public grievances; repressed with heavy penalties and confiscations sedi tious and blasphemous libels; and checked pamphleteering by extending the newspaper stamp duty to political pamphlets. Brown. SIX ARTICLES, LAWS OF. A cele brated act entitled "An act for abolishing di versity of opinion," (31 Hen. VIII. c. 14,) enforcing conformity to six of the strongest points in the Roman Catholic religion, under the severest penalties; repealed by St 1 Eliz. c. 1. 4 Reeve, Eng. Law, 378. SIX CLERKS. In English practice. Of ficers of the court of chancery, who receiv ed and filed all bills, answers, replications, and other papers, signed office Copies of pleadings, examined and signed dockets of decrees, etc., and had the care of all records in their oflfice. Holthouse; 3 Bl. Comm. 443. They were abolished by St 5 Vict c. 5. SIX-DAY LICENSE. In English law. A liquor license, containing a condition that the premises in respect of which the license is granted shall be closed during the whole of Sunday, granted under section 49 of the licensing act 1872 (35 & 36 Vict c 94.) SIXHINDI. Servants of the same nature as rod knights, (g. v.) Ana Inst Eng.

Sine possessione nsucapio procedere non potest. There can be no prescription without possession. law. When a rector of a parish neither resides nor performs duty at his benefice, but has a vicar under him endowed and charged with the cure thereof, this is termed a "sinecure." Brown. An ecclesiastical benefice without cure of souls. In popular usage, the term denotes an of fice which yfelds a revenue to the incumbent, but makes little or no demand upon his time or attention. SINGLE. Unitary; detached; individ ual; affecting only one person; containing only one part, article, condition, or covenant As to single "Adultery," "Bill," "Bond," "Combat," "Demise," "Entry," "Escheat," and "Original," see those titles. SINGULAR. Each; as in the expression "all and singular." Also, individual. As to singular "Successor," and "Title," see those titles. SINKING FUND. See FUND. SEPESSOCUA. In old English law. A franchise, liberty, or hundred. SIST, v. In Scotch practice. To stay proceedings. Bell. SIST, n. In Scotch practice. A stay or suspension of proceedings; an order for a stay of proceedings. Bell. SISTER. A woman who has the same father and mother with another, or has one of them only. The word is the correlative of "brother." SIT. To hold a session, as of a court, grand jury, legislative body, etc. To be for mally organized and proceeding with the transaction of business. See Allen v. State, 102 Ga. 619, 29 S. E. 470; Cock v. State, 8 Tex. App. 659. SITHCUNDMAM. In Saxon law. The high constable of a hundred. SITIO GANADO MAYOR. Sp. In Spanish and Mexican land law, a tract of land in the form of a square, each side of which measures 5,000 varas; the distance from the center of each sitio to each of its sides should be measured directly to the cardinal points of the compass, and should be 2,500 varas. U. S. v. Cameron, 3 Ariz. 100, 21 Pac. 177. SITTINGS. In practice. The holding of a court, with full form, and before all the SINECURE. In ecclesiastical