KFLCC Kingdom Law 2nd Ed.

SPIRITUAL

1101

SPECIFICATION

Cummins v. People, 4 Colo. App. 71, 34 Pac. 734; Benton v. Com., 91 Va. 782, 21 S. E. 495. SPELLING. The formation of words by letters; orthography. Incorrect spelling does not vitiate a written instrument If the in tention clearly appears. SPENDTHRIFT. A person who by ex cessive drinking, gaming, Idleness, or de bauchery of any kind shall so spend, waste, or lessen his estate as to expose himself or his family to want or suffering, or expose the town to charge or expense for the support of himself or family. Rev. St. Vt c 65, § 9; Appeal of Morey, 57 N. H. 54. The word "spendthrift," In all the provi sions relating to guardians and wards, con tained in this or any other statute, is in tended to include every person who is liable to be put under guardianship, on account of excessive drinking, gaming, idleness, or de bauchery. How. St. Mich. 1882, § 6340. — Spendthrift trust. A term commonly ap plied to those trusts which are created with a view of providing a fund for the maintenance of another, and at the same time securing it against his improvidence or incapacity for his protection. Provisions against alienation of the trust fund by the voluntary act of the beneficia ry or by his creditors are the usual incidents. Bennett v. Bennett, 66 111. App. 28; Guernsey v. Lazear, 51 W. Va. 328, 41 S. B. 405. SPERATE. That of which there is hope. Thus a debt which one may hope to recover may be called "sperate," In opposition to "desperate." See 1 Chit Pr. 520. SPES ACCRESCENDI. Lat Hope of surviving. 3 Atk. 762; 2 Kent, Comm. 424. Spes est vigilantis sonminm. Hope is the dream of the vigilant 4 Inst 203. Spes impunitatis continuum affectum tribnit delinqnendi. The hope of Impu nity holds out a continual temptation to crime. 3 Inst 236. SPES RECUPERANDI. Lat. The hope of recovery or recapture; the chance of re taking property captured at sea, which pre vents the captors from acquiring complete ownership of the property until they /have definitely precluded it by effectual measures. 1 Kent, Comm. 101. SPIGURNEL. The sealer of the royal writs. SPINSTER. The addition given, In legal proceedings, and in conveyancing, to a wo man who never has been married. SPIRITUAL. Relating to religious or ecclesiastical persons or affairs, as distin guished from "secular" or lay, worldly, or business matters. As to spiritual "Corporation," "Courts," and "Lords," see those titles.

Gilbert v. U. S., 1 Ct. CI. 34; State v. Ken dall, 15 Neb. 262, 18 N. W. 85; Wilson y. Coon (C. C.) 6 Fed. 614. In military law. The clear and particu lar description of the charges preferred against a person accused of a military of fense. Tytler, Mil. Law, 109; Carter v, Mc Claughry, 183 U. S. 365, 22 Sup. Ct 181, 46 L. EM. 236. In the law of personal property. The acquisition of title to a thing by working it into new forms or species from the raw ma terial; corresponding to the specificatio of the Roman law. See Lampton v. Preston, 1 J. J. Marsh. (Ky.) 462, 19 Am. Dec. 104. In practice. A detailed and particular enumeration of several points or matters urged or relied on by a party to a suit or proceeding; as, a "specification of errors," or a "specification of grounds of opposition to a bankrupt's discharge." See Railway Co. v. McArthur, 96 Tex. 65, 70 S. W. 317; In re Glass (D. 0.) 119 Fed. 514. SPECIMEN. A sample; a part of some thing intended to exhibit the kind and quali ty of the whole. People v. Freeman, 1 Idaho, 322. SPECULATION. In commerce. The act or practice of buying lands, goods, etc., in expectation of a rise of price and of selling them at an advance, as distinguished from a regular trade, In which the profit expected is the difference between the retail and whole sale prices, or the difference of price In the place where the goods are purchased, and the place where they are to be carried for market. Webster. See Maxwell v. Burns (Tenn. Ch. App.) 59 S. W. 1067; U. S. v. Detroit Timber & Lumber Co. (C. C) 124 Fed. 393. SPECULATIVE DAMAGES. See DAM AGES. SPECULUM. Lat Mirror or looking glass. The title of several of the most an cient law-books or compilations. One of the Ancient Icelandic books Is styled "Speculum Regale." SPEEDY EXECUTION. An execution which, by the direction of the judge at nisi prius, issues forthwith, or on some early day fixed upon by the judge for that pur pose after the trial of the action. Brown. SPEEDY TRIAL. In criminal law. As secured by constitutional guaranties, a speedy trial means a trial conducted according to fixed rules, regulations, and proceedings of law, free from vexatious, capricious, and op pressive delays manufactured by the minis ters of justice. See People v. Hall, 51 App. Div. 57, 64 N. T. Supp. 433; Nixon v. State, 2 €medes & M. (Miss.) 507, 41 Am. Dec. 601;