KFLCC Kingdom Law 2nd Ed.

SUGGESTIVE INTERROGATION

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SUITORS' PEE FUND

fore trial, his death may be suggested on the record. SUGGESTIVE INTERROGATION. A phrase which has been used by some writ ers to signify the same thing as "leading question." 2 Benth. Jud. Ev. b. 3, c 3. It Is used in the French law. STJI GENERIS. Lat Of its own kind or class; i. e., the only one of its own kind; peculiar. In the civil law. One's own heirs; proper heirs. Inst 2, 19, 2. SUI JURIS. Lat Of his own right; possessing full social and civil rights; not under any legal disability, or the power of another, or guardianship. Having capacity to manage one's own af fairs; not under legal disability to act for one's self. Story, Ag. § 2. SUICIDE. Suicide is the willful and vol untary act of a person who understands the physical nature of the act, and intends by it to accomplish the result of self-destruction. Nimick v. Mutual Life Ins. Co., 10 Am. Law Reg. (N. S.) 101, Fed. Cas. No. 10,266. Suicide is the deliberate termination of one's existence, while in the possession and enjoyment of his mental faculties. Self-killing by an in sane person is not suicide. See Insurance Co. v. Moore, 34 Mich. 41; Weber v. Supreme Tent, 172 N. Y. 490, 65 N. E. 258, 92 Am. St. Rep. 753; Clift v. Schwabe, 3 C. B. 458; Knights Templars, etc., Indemnity Co. v. Jarman, 187 U. S. 197, 23 Sup. Ct. 108, 47 L. Ed. 139; Breasted v. Farmers' L. & T. Co., 8 N. Y. 299, 59 Am. Dec. 482; Daniels v. Railroad Co., 183 Mass. 393, 67 N. E. 424, 62 L. R. A. 751. SUING AND LABORING CLAUSE is a clause in an English policy of marine in surance, generally in the following form: "In case of any loss or misfortune, it shall be lawful for the assured, their factors, serv ants and assigns, to sue, labor, and travel for, in, and about the defense, safeguard, and recovery of the" property insured, "with out prejudice to this insurance; to the char ges whereof we, the assurers, will contri bute." The object of the clause is to en courage the assured to exert themselves in preserving the property from loss. Sweet SUIT. In old English law. The wit nesses or followers of the plaintiff. 3 Bl. Comm. 295. See SECTA. Old books mention the word in many con nections which are now disused,—at least in the United States. Thus, "suit" was used of following any one, or in the sense of pur suit; as in the phrase "making fresh suit." It was also used of a petition to the king or lord. "Suit of court" was the attendance which a tenant ov* ed at the court of his lord. BL.LAW DICT.<2D ED.)—71 SUI HJBREDES. Lat

"Suit covenant" and "suit custom" seem tc have signified a right to one's attendance, oi one's obligation to attend, at the lord's court founded upon a known covenant, or an im memorial usage or practice of ancestors. "Suit regal" was attendance at the sheriff's tourn or leet, (his court.) "Suit of the king's peace" was pursuing an offender, — one charged with breach of the peace. Abbott In modern law. "Suit" is a generic term, of comprehensive signification, and ap plies to any proceeding in a court of justice in which the plaintiff pursues, in such court, the remedy which the law affords him for the redress of an injury or the recovery of a right. See Kohl v. U. S., 91 U. S. 375, 23 L. Ed. 449; Weston y. Charleston, 2 Pet 464, 7 L. Ed. 481; Drake v. Gilmore, 52 N. Y. 393; Philadelphia, etc., Iron Co. v. Chi cago, 158 111. 9, 41 N. E. 1102; Cohens v. Vir ginia, 6 Wheat 405, 5 L. Ed. 257. It is, however, seldom applied to a crim inal prosecution. And it is sometimes re stricted to the designation of a proceeding in equity, to distinguish such proceeding from an action at law. •—Suit of court. This phrase denoted the duty of attending the lord's court, and, in com mon with fealty, was one of the incidents of a feudal holding. Brown.—Suit of the king's peace. The pursuing a man for breach of the king's peace by treasons, insurrections, or tres passes. Cowell.—Suit money. An allowance, in the nature of temporary alimony, authorized by statute in some states to be made to a wife on the institution of her suit for divorce, intended to cover the reasonable expenses of the suit and to provide her with means for the efficient preparation and trial of her case. See Yost v. Yost, 141 Ind. 584, 41 N. E. 11. —Suit silver. A small sum of money paid in lieu of attendance at the court-baron. Cow ell. SUITAS. Lat In the civil law. The condition or quality of a suus hceres, or prop er heir. Hallifax, Civil Law, b. 2, c. 9, no. 11; Calvin. SUITE. Those persons who by his au thority follow or attend an ambassador or other public minister. SUITOR. A party to a suit or action In court. In its ancient sense, "suitor" meant one who was bound to attend the county court; also one who formed part of the secta. SUITORS' DEPOSIT ACCOUNT. For merly suitors in the English court of chan cery derived no income from their cash paid into court, unless it was invested at their request and risk. Now, however, It is pro vided by the court of chancery (funds) act, 1872, that all money paid into court, and not required by the suitor to be invested, shall be placed on deposit and shall bear in terest at two per cent, per annum for th« benefit of the suitor entitled to it. Sweet SUITORS' FEE FUND. A fund in the English court of chancery into which the fees