Latin for Lawyers

L ATIN FOR L AWYERS

removed from realty to personalty. The termination of a joint tenancy or a tenancy in common. A conveyance of land subject to a reservation of mineral rights in the grantor. The termination of employment of a worker or laborer; severance pay is the compensation paid to such a worker at the end of his employment. The law speaks of the severance of actions , the severance of prosecutions , the severance of issues , etc., all meaning division into several distinct and separate parts. A severance tax is a tax imposed upon property (e.g., oil, minerals timber) extracted from the soil, or upon the trapping of fur bearing animals. SHARE [L. scindo , scindere / to cut, cut up] The portion of a whole allotted to an individual or group. Any of the parts into which all the interests in a property or business are divided, such as stock in a corporation. Also, that portion of a testator’s estate which is bequeathed to a particular individual; in intestacy, that part of the estate which passes to a particular heir. A shareholder is a stockholder in a corporation, a participant in a business trust, or, more generally, anyone who is legally entitled to a por tion of any business, property or enterprise. SIC [L. thus, so, in this way] Thus; in that way. As follows. In that case. In legal writing, sic is used to indi cate that a word, phrase or passage is reproduced from a source exactly as shown, or that it is reproduced or copied verbatim from another document. SIC SUBSCRIBITUR It is so subscribed. SIC TRANSIT GLORIA MUNDI [L. sic / thus + transigo , transigere / to pass or spend (time) + gloria / fame, glory + mundus / the world] In that way goes universal fame or glory. Fame and glory are fleeting things. SIC UTERE TUO UT ALIENUM NON LAEDAS Use your own property so as not to injure the property of another. A basic maxim which underlies the concept of social responsibility in the use of one’s property. SIC VOLO [L. sic + volo , velle / to wish or want] I will it so. That’s the way I want it. SIGN [L. signo, signare / to mark, place a mark on] To affix one's signature to a document to indicate agreement to its terms or to give it legal effect. To ratify by hand or seal. To mark an instrument in any manner satisfying the legal requirements for commitment by and enforceabil ity against the person making the mark.

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