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SUPPLIES. In English law. The "sup plies" in parliamentary proceedings signify the sums of money which are annually voted by the house of commons for the maintenance of the crown and the various public services. Jacob; Brown. SUPPLY, COMMISSIONERS OF. Per sons appointed to levy the land-tax in Scot land, and to cause a valuation roll to be an nually made up, and to perform other duties in their respective counties. Bell. SUPPLY, COMMITTEE OF. In Eng lish law. All bills which relate to the pub lic income or expenditure must originate with the house of commons, and all bills au thorizing expenditure of the public money are based upon resolutions moved in a com mittee of supply, which is always a commit tee of the whole house. Wharton. SUPPORT, v. To support a rule or or der is to argue in answer to the arguments of the party who has shown cause against a rule or order nisi. SUPPORT, ». The right of support is an easement consisting in the privilege of resting the joists or beams of one's house up on, or inserting their ends into, the wall of an adjoining house belonging to another own er. It may arise either from contract or pre scription. 3 Kent, Comm. 436. Support also signifies the right to have one's ground supported so that it will not cave in, when an adjoining owner makes an excavation. SUPPRESSIO VERI. La t Suppres sion or concealment of the truth. "It is a rule of equity, as well as of law, that a sup pressio veri is equivalent to a suggestio falsi; and where either the suppression of the truth or the suggestion of what is false can be proved, in a fact material to the contract the party injured may have relief against the contract" Fleming v. Slocum, 18 Johns. (N. Y.) 405, 9 Am. Dec. 224. Suppressio veri, expressio falsi. Sup pression of the truth is [equivalent to] the expression of what is false. Addington v. Allen, 11 Wend. (N. Y.) 374, 417. Suppressio veri, suggestio falsi. Sup pression of the truth is [equivalent to] the suggestion of what is false. Paul v. Had ley, 23 Barb. (N. Y.) 521, 525. SUPRA. Lat Above; upon. This word occurring by itself in a book refers the reader to a previous part of the book, like "ante;" it is also the initial word of several Latin phrases. —Supra protest. See PROTEST.—Supra riparian. Upper riparian; higher up the stream. This term is applied to the estate, rights, or duties of a riparian proprietor whose land is situated at a point nearer the source of the stream than the estate with which it is compared.

cuit court of the United States in cities or towns of over 20,000 inhabitants, upon the written application of two citizens, or in any county or parish of any congressional district upon that of ten citizens, to attend at all times and places fixed for the registration of voters for representatives and delegates in congress, and supervise the registry and mark the list of voters in such manner as will in their judgment detect and expose the improper removal or addition of any name. Rev. St. U. S. § 2011, et seq. In Scotch practice. A process by which a party not residing within the jurisdiction of an in ferior court may be cited to appear before It Bell. Something added to supply defects in the thing to which it is added, or in aid of which it is made. —Supplemental affidavit. An affidavit made in addition to a previous one, in order to supply some deficiency in it. Callan v. Lu kens, 89 Pa. 136.—Supplemental answer. One which was filed in chancery for the pur pose of correcting, adding to, and explaining an answer already filed. Smith, Ch. Pr. 334. French v. Edwards, 9 Fed. Cas. 780.—Supple mental bill. In equity pleading. A bill filed in addition to an original bill, in order to supply some defect in its original frame or structure. It is the appropriate remedy where the matter sought to be supplied cannot be introduced by amendment. Story, Eq. PI. §§ 332-338: Bloxham v. Railroad Co., 39 Fla. 243, 22 South. 697; Schwab v. Schwab, 93 Md. 382, 49 Atl. 331, 52 L. R. A. 414; Thompson v. Railroad Co. (C. C.) 119 Fed. 634; Butler v. Cunningham, 1 Barb. (N. Y.) 87; Bowie •. Minter, 2 Ala. 411.—Supplemental claim. A further claim which was filed when further relief was sought after the bringing of a claim. Smith, Ch. Pr. 655.—Supplemental com plaint. Under the codes of practice obtaining in some of the states, this name is given to a complaint filed in an action, for the purpose of supplying some defect or omission in the original complaint, or of adding something to it which could not properly be introduced by amendment. See Pouder v. Tate, 132 Ind. 327, 30 N. E. 880; Plumer v. McDonald Lumber Co., 74 Wis. 137, 42 N. W. 250. SUPPLEMENT, LETTERS OF. SUPPLEMENTAL. SUPPLICATIO. Lat In the civil law. A petition for pardon of a first offense; also a petition for reversal of judgment; also equivalent to "duplicatio," which corresponds to the common law rejoinder. Calvin. The name of a writ Issuing out of the king's bench or chancery for taking sureties of the peace. It is commonly directed to the justices of the peace, when they are averse to acting in the affair in their judicial capacity. 4 Bl. Comm. 253. SUPPLICIUM. Lat In the civil law. Punishment; corporal punishment for crime. Death was called "ultimum supplicium" the last or extreme penalty. SUPPLICAVIT. In English law. SUPPLETORY OATH. See OATH. SUPPLIANT. The actor in, or party pre ferring, a petition of right