KFLCC Kingdom Law 2nd Ed.

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STREPITUS JUD1CIALIS

6TULTIL0QUIUM

STREPITUS JUDICIALIS. conduct in a court of justice. Jacob. STRICT. As to strict "Construction," 'Foreclosure," and "Settlement," see those titles. STRICTI JURIS. Lat. Of strict right or la'w - r according to strict law. "A license is a thing stnctt juris; a privilege which a man does not possess by his own right, but it is conceded to him as an indulgence, and therefore it is to be strictly observed." 2 Rob. Adm. 117. STRICTISSIMI JURIS. Lat Of the strictest right or law. "Licenses being mat ter of special indulgence, the application of them was formerly strictissimi juris." 1 Edw. Adm. 328. STRICTO JURE. Lat. In strict law. 1 Kent, Comm. 65. STRICTUM JUS. Lat Strict right or law; the rigor of the law as distinguished from equity. STRIKE. The act of a body of workmen employed by the same master,, in stopping work all together at a prearranged time, and refusing to continue until higher wages, or shorter time, or some other concession is granted to them by the employer. See Farm ers' L. & T. Co. v. Northern Pac. R. Co. (C. C) 60 Fed. 819; Arthur v. Oakes, 63 Fed. 327, 11 C. C. A. 209, 25 L. R. A. 414; Rail road Co. v. Bowns, 58 N. Y. 582; Longshore Printing Co. v. Howell, 26 Or. 527, 38 Pac. 547, 28 L. R, A. 464, 46 Am. St. Rep. 640. In mining law. The strike of a vein or lode is its extension in the horizontal plane, or its lengthwise trend or course with ref erence to the points of the compass; distin guished from its "dip," which is its slope or slant away from the perpendicular, as it goes downward into the earth, or the angle of its deviation from the vertical plane. STRIKE OFF. In common parlance, and in the language of the auction-room, prop erty is understood to be "struck off" or "knocked down," when the auctioneer, by the fall of his hammer, or by any other audible or visible announcement signifies to the bidder that he is entitled to the property on paying the amount of his bid, according to the terms of the sale. Sherwood v. Reade, 7 Hill (N. Y.) 439. In practice. A court is said to "strike off" a case when it directs the removal of the case from the record or docket, as being one over which it has no jurisdiction and no power to hear and determine it Turbulent

bankruptcy, which consists in making affi davit of the debt and giving a bond to fol low up the proceedings with effect. 2 Steph. Comm. 199. When the affidavit and bond' are delivered at the bankrupt office, an entry is made in what is called the "docket-book," upon which the petitioning creditor is said to have struck a docket. Eden, Bankr. 51, 52. STRIKING A JURY. The selecting or nominating a jury of twelve men out ot the whole number returned as jurors on the panel. It is especially used of the selection of a special jury, where a panel of forty eight is prepared by the proper officer, and the parties, in turn, strike off a certain num ber of names, until the list is reduced to twelve. A jury thus chosen is called a "struck jury." STRIKING OFF THE ROLL. The dis barring of an attorney or solicitor. STRIP. The act of spoiling or unlawful ly taking away anything from the land, by the tenant tor lite or years, or by one holding an estate in the land less than the entire tee. Pub. St Mass. 1882, p. 1293. The words "with strong hand" imply a degree of criminal force, whereas the words vi et armis ("with force and arms") are mere formal words in the action of trespass, and the plaintiff is not bound to prove any force. The statutes re lating to forcible entries use the words "with a strong hand" as describing that degree of force which makes an entry or detainer of lands criminal. Brown. STRUCK. In pleading. A word essen tial in an indictment for murder, when the death arises from any wounding, beating, or bruising. 1 Bulst 184; 5 Coke, 122; 3 Mod. 202. STRONG HAND. STRUMPET. A whore, harlot or cour tesan. This word was anciently used for an addition It occurs as an addition to the name of a woman in a return made by a jury in the sixth year of Henry V. Wharton. STUFF GOWN. The professional robe worn by barristers of the outer bar; viz., those who have not been admitted to the rank of king's counsel. Brown. STULTIFY. To make one out mentally incapacitated for the performance of an act STULTILOQUIUM. Lat In old English law. Vicious pleading, for which a fine was imposed by King John, supposed to be the origin of the fines for beau-pleader, Crabb, Eng. Law, 135. STRUCK JURY. See STRIKING A JUBT.

STRIKING A DOCKET. In English practice. The first step in the proceedings in