KFLCC Kingdom Law 2nd Ed.

SUSPICIOUS CHARACTER

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SYLLABUS

SUSPICIOUS CHARACTER. In the criminal laws of some of the states, a person who is known or strongly suspected to be an habitual criminal, or against whom there is reasonable cause to believe that he has com mitted a crime or is planning or intending to commit one, or whose actions and behavior give good ground for suspicion and who can give no good account of himself, and who may therefore be arrested or required to give se curity for good behavior. See McFadin v. San Antonio, 22 Tex. Civ. App. 140, 54 S. W. 48; People v. Russell, 35 Misc. Rep. 765, 72 N. Y. Supp. 1; 4BL Comm. 252. SUTHDURE. The south door of a church, where canonical purgation was performed, and plaints, etc., were heard and determined. Wharton. SUTLER. A person who, as a business, follows an army and sells provisions and liquor to the troops. SUUM CUIQUE TRIBUERE. Lat To render to every one his own. One of the three fundamental maxims of the law laid down by Justinian. SUUS HiERES. Lat. In the civil law. Those descendants who were under the power of the deceased at the time of his death, and who are most nearly related to him. Calvin. SUUS JUDEX. Lat In old English law. A proper judge; a judge having cognizance of a cause. Literally, one's own judge. Bract, fol. 401. SUZEREIGN. L. Fr. In French and feudal law. The immediate vassal of the king; a crown vassal. SWAIN; SWAINMOTE. See SWEIN; SWEINMOTE. SWAMP LANDS. See LAND. S W A R F-MONEY. Warth-money; or guard-money paid in lieu of the service of castle-ward. Cowell. SWEAR. 1. To put on oath; to adminis ter an oath to a person. 2. To take an oath; to become bound by an oath duly administered. 3. To use profane language. Swearing, in this sense, is made a punishable offense in many jurisdictions. SWEARING THE PEACE. Showing to a magistrate that one has just cause to be afraid of another in consequence of his mena ces, in order to have him bound over to keep the peace. SWEEPING. Comprehensive; including In its scope many persons or objects; as a sweeping objection.

SWEIN. In old English law. A freeman or freeholder within the forest. SWEINMOTE. In forest law. A court holden before the verderors, as judges, by the steward of the sweinmote, thrice in ev ery year, the sweins or freeholders within the forest composing the jury. Its principal ju risdiction was— First, to inquire into the op pressions and grievances committed by the officers of the forest; and, secondly, to re ceive and try presentments certified from the court of attachments in offenses against vert and venison. 3 Bl. Comm. 72. SWELL. To enlarge or increase. In an action of tort, circumstances of aggravation may "swell" the damages. SWIFT WITNESS. A term colloquially applied to a witness who is unduly zealous or partial for the side which calls him, and who betrays his bias by his extreme readi ness to answer questions or volunteer infor mation. SWINDLING. Cheating and defrauding grossly with deliberate artifice. Wyatt v. Ayres, 2 Port. (Ala.) 157; Forrest v. Hanson, 9 Fed. Cas. 456; Thorpe v. State, 40 Tex. Cr. R. 346, 50 S. W. 383; Chase v. Whitlock, 3 Hill (N. Y.) 140; Stevenson v. Hayden, 2 Mass. 408. By the statute, "swindling" is defined to be the acquisition of personal or movable property, money, or instrument of writing conveying or securing a valuable right, by means of some false or deceitful pretense or device, or fraudulent representation, with in tent to appropriate the same to the use of the party so acquiring, or of destroying or im pairing the rights of the party justly entitled to the same. Pen. Code Tex. art 790; May v. State, 15 Tex. App. 436. SWOLING OF LAND. So much land as one's plow can till in a year; a hide of land. Cowell. SWORN BROTHERS. In old English law. Persons who, by mutual oaths, cove nant to share in each other's fortunes. SWORN CLERKS IN CHANCERY. Certain officers in the English court of chan cery, whose duties were to keep the records, make copies of pleadings, etc. Their offices were abolished by St. 5 & 6 Vict c. 103. SYB AND SOM. A Saxon form of greet ing, meaning peace and safety. SYLLABUS. A head-note; a note prefix ed to the report of an adjudged case, con taining an epitome or brief statement of the rulings of the court upon the point or points decided in the case. See Koonce v. Doolit tle, 48 W. Va. 592, 37 S. E. 645.