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Seignior
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SeigniorSeignior or Seigneur. Among the feudists, this name signified lord of the fee.The most extended signification of this word includes not only a lord or peer of parliament, but is applied to the owner or proprietor of a thing; hence, the owner of a hawk, and the master of a fishing vessel, is called a seigneur.
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Seignior
Seignior or Seigneur. Among the feudists, this name signified lord of the fee.The most extended signification of this word includes not only a lord or peer of parliament, but is applied to the owner or proprietor of a thing; hence, the owner of a hawk, and the master of a fishing vessel, is called a seigneur.
Name
One or more words used to distinguish a particular individual, as Socrates, Benjamin Franklin.
Lord
In England, this is a title of honor. In the U. S. no such titles are allowed
Signification
French law. The notice given of a decree, sentence or other judicial act.
Word
Construction. One or more syllables which when united convey an idea a single part of speech.
Peer
1) Equal. A man's peers are his equals. A man is to be tried by his peers. 2) In England and some other countries, this is a title of nobility; as, peers of the realm. 3) In the United States, this equality is not so much political as civil. A man who is not a citizen, is nevertheless to be tried by citizens.
Parliament
This word, derived from the French parlement, in the English law, is used to designate the legislative branch of the government of Great Britain, composed of the house of lords, and the house of commons.
Owner
Property. The owner is he who has dominion of a thing real or person-al, corporeal or incorporeal, which he has a right to enjoy and to do with as he pleases, even to spoil or destroy it, as far as the law permits, unless he be prevented by some agreement or covenant which restrains his right.
Proprietor
The owner.
Master
"This word has several meanings. 1) Master is one who has control over a servant or apprentice. A master stands in relation to his apprentices, in loco parentis, and is bound to fulfil that relation, which the law generally enforces. He is also entitled to be obeyed by his apprentices, as if they were his children. 2) Master is one who is employed in teaching children, known generally as a schoolmaster; as to his powers 3) Master is the name of an officer: as, the ship Benjamin Franklin, whereof A B is master; the master of the rolls; master in chancery, &c .4) By master is also understood a principal who employs another to perform some act or do something for him. The law having adopted the maxim of the civil law, qui facit per alium facit per se; the agent is but an instrument, and the master is civilly responsible for the act of his agent, as if it were his own, when he either commands him to do an act, or puts him in a condition, of which such act is a result, or by the absence of due care and control, either previously in the choice of his agent, or immediately in the act itself, negligently suffers him to do an injury.
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Seigniory
English law. The rights of a lord as such, in lands.
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Security interest
Security interest means lien created by an agreement.
Secus
Otherwise.
Sedition
Crimes. The raising commotions or disturbances in the state; it is a revolt against legitimate authority,
Seduction
The offence of a man who abuses the simplicity and confidence of a woman to obtain by false promises what she ought not to grant.
Seeds
The substance which nature prepares for the reproduction of plants or animals.
Seignior
Seigniory
English law. The rights of a lord as such, in lands.
Seisin
Estates. The possession of an estate of freebold.
Seized in his demesne as of fee
Formal words expressing the highest estate a subject can have in land. It is his property or dominicum, since it is for him and his heirs forever, not absolute, but in a qualified or feudal sense; and as of fee, because not purely and simply his own, since it is held of a feudal superior. 2 Bl. Com. 106.
Seizure
Practice. The act of taking possession of the property of a person condemned by the judgment of a competent tribunal, to pay a certain sum of money, by a sheriff, constable, or other officer, lawfully authorized thereto, by virtue of an execution, for the purpose of having such property sold according to law to satisfy the judgment. By seizure is also meant the taking possession of goods for a violation of a public law; as the taking possession of a ship for attempting an illicit trade.
Selecti judices
Judges among the Romans who were selected very much like our juries. They were returned by the praetor, drawn by lot, subject to be challenged and sworn.
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Seignior
Seignior or Seigneur. Among the feudists, this name signified lord of the fee.The most extended signification of this word includes not only a lord or peer of parliament, but is applied to the owner or proprietor of a thing; hence, the owner of a hawk, and the master of a fishing vessel, is called a seigneur.
Name
One or more words used to distinguish a particular individual, as Socrates, Benjamin Franklin.
Lord
In England, this is a title of honor. In the U. S. no such titles are allowed
Signification
French law. The notice given of a decree, sentence or other judicial act.
Word
Construction. One or more syllables which when united convey an idea a single part of speech.
Peer
1) Equal. A man's peers are his equals. A man is to be tried by his peers. 2) In England and some other countries, this is a title of nobility; as, peers of the realm. 3) In the United States, this equality is not so much political as civil. A man who is not a citizen, is nevertheless to be tried by citizens.
Parliament
This word, derived from the French parlement, in the English law, is used to designate the legislative branch of the government of Great Britain, composed of the house of lords, and the house of commons.
Owner
Property. The owner is he who has dominion of a thing real or person-al, corporeal or incorporeal, which he has a right to enjoy and to do with as he pleases, even to spoil or destroy it, as far as the law permits, unless he be prevented by some agreement or covenant which restrains his right.
Proprietor
The owner.
Master
"This word has several meanings. 1) Master is one who has control over a servant or apprentice. A master stands in relation to his apprentices, in loco parentis, and is bound to fulfil that relation, which the law generally enforces. He is also entitled to be obeyed by his apprentices, as if they were his children. 2) Master is one who is employed in teaching children, known generally as a schoolmaster; as to his powers 3) Master is the name of an officer: as, the ship Benjamin Franklin, whereof A B is master; the master of the rolls; master in chancery, &c .4) By master is also understood a principal who employs another to perform some act or do something for him. The law having adopted the maxim of the civil law, qui facit per alium facit per se; the agent is but an instrument, and the master is civilly responsible for the act of his agent, as if it were his own, when he either commands him to do an act, or puts him in a condition, of which such act is a result, or by the absence of due care and control, either previously in the choice of his agent, or immediately in the act itself, negligently suffers him to do an injury.
SIMILAR TERMS--------------------------------------
Seigniory
English law. The rights of a lord as such, in lands.
PREVIOUS AND NEXT TERMS--------------------------------------
Security interest
Security interest means lien created by an agreement.
Secus
Otherwise.
Sedition
Crimes. The raising commotions or disturbances in the state; it is a revolt against legitimate authority,
Seduction
The offence of a man who abuses the simplicity and confidence of a woman to obtain by false promises what she ought not to grant.
Seeds
The substance which nature prepares for the reproduction of plants or animals.
Seignior
Seigniory
English law. The rights of a lord as such, in lands.
Seisin
Estates. The possession of an estate of freebold.
Seized in his demesne as of fee
Formal words expressing the highest estate a subject can have in land. It is his property or dominicum, since it is for him and his heirs forever, not absolute, but in a qualified or feudal sense; and as of fee, because not purely and simply his own, since it is held of a feudal superior. 2 Bl. Com. 106.
Seizure
Practice. The act of taking possession of the property of a person condemned by the judgment of a competent tribunal, to pay a certain sum of money, by a sheriff, constable, or other officer, lawfully authorized thereto, by virtue of an execution, for the purpose of having such property sold according to law to satisfy the judgment. By seizure is also meant the taking possession of goods for a violation of a public law; as the taking possession of a ship for attempting an illicit trade.
Selecti judices
Judges among the Romans who were selected very much like our juries. They were returned by the praetor, drawn by lot, subject to be challenged and sworn.
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