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Superstitious use
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Superstitious useEnglish law. When lands, tenements, rents, goods or chattels are given, secured or appointed for and toward the maintenance of a priest or chaplain to say mass; for the maintenance of a priest, or other man, to pray for the soul of any dead man, in such a church or elsewhere; to have and maintain perpetual obits, lamps, torches, &c., to be used at certain times to help to save the souls of men out of purgatory; in such cases the king by force of several statutes, is authorized to direct and appoint all such uses to such purposes as are truly charitable.
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Law
A rule or body of rules of conduct inherent in human nature and essential to or binding upon human society. The learned profession that is mastered by graduate study in a law school and that is responsible for the judicial system.
When
1) At which time, in wills, standing by itself unqualified and unexplained, this is a word of condition denoting the time at which the gift is to continence. 2) The context of a will may show that the word when is to be applied to the possession only, not to the vesting of a legacy; but to justify this construction, there must be circumstances, or other expressions in the will, showing such to have been the testator's intent.
Maintenance
1) Crimes. A malicious, or at least, officious interference in a suit in which the offender has no interest, to assist one of the parties to it against the other, with money or advice to prosecute or defend the action, without any authority of law. 2) Quasi contracts. The support which one person, who is bound by law to do so, gives to another for his living; for example, a father is bound to find maintenance for his children; and a child is required by law to main-tain his father or mother when they cannot support themselves, and he has ability to maintain them.
Chaplain
A clergyman appointed to say prayers and perform divine service.
Man
A human being. This definition includes not only the adult male sex of the human species, but women and children; examples: "of offences against man, some are more immediately against the king, other's more immediately against the subject." Hawk. P. C. book 1, c. 2, s. 1. Offences against the life of man come under the general name of homicide, which in our law signifies the killing of a man by a man.
Dead
Something which has no life; figuratively, something of no value.
Church
A temple or building consecrated to the Honor of God and religion; or, an assembly of persons, united by the profession of the same Christian faith, met together for all religious worship. Robertson v. Bullions, 9 Barb. 95 (1850). The civil courts have only to do with the rights of property. When a right of property depends on a civil court question, and that question has been decided by the highest tribunal within the religious organization to which it has been carried, the civil courts accept that decision as final. Relations of Civil Law to Church Policy (1875) Hon. William Strong; Watson v. Jones, 13 Wall. 713, 722-31 (1871).
Elsewhere
In another place.
Perpetual
That which is to last without limitation as to time.
Cases
General term for an action, cause, suit, or controversy, at law or in equity; questions contested before a court of justice.
King
The chief magistrate of a kingdom, vested usually with the executive power.
Several
A state of separation or partition. A several agreement or cove-nant, is one entered into by two or more persons separately, each binding himself for the whole; a several action is one in which two or more persons are separately charged; a several inheritance, is one conveyed so as to descend, or come to two persons separately by moieties. Several is usually opposed to joint.
Direct
Straight forward; not collateral.
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Super altum mare
Upon the high sea.
Super visum corpore
Upon view of the body. When an inquest is held over a body found dead, it must be super visum corpore.
Supercargo
Maritime law. A person specially employed by the owner of a cargo to take charge of the merchandise which has been shipped, to sell it to the best advantage, and to purchase returning cargoes and to receive freight, as he may be authorized.
Superficiarius
Civil law. He who has built upon the soil of another, which he has hired for a number of years or forever, yielding a yearly rent. This is not very different from the owner of a lot on ground rent in Pennsylvania.
Superficies
A Latin word used among civilians. It signifies in the edict of the praetor whatever has been erected on the soil, quidquid solo inoedificdtum est.
Superfoetation
med. jur. The conception of a second embryo, during the gestation of the first, or the conception of a child by a woman already pregnant with another, during the time of such pregnancy.
Superior
One who has a right to command; one who holds a superior rank; as, a soldier is bound to obey his superior. 2. In estates, some are superior to others; an estate entitled to a servitude or easement over another estate, is called the superior or dominant, and the other the inferior or servient estate.
Supernumerarii
Rom. civil law. From the reign of Constantine to Justinian, advocates were divided into two classes: viz. advocates in title, who were called statute, and supernumeraries. The statutis were inscribed in the mat-riculation books, and formed a part of the college of advocates in each jurisdiction. The supernumeraries were not attached to any bar in particular, and could reside where, they pleased; they took the place of advocates by title, as vacancies occurred in that body.
Supersedeas
practice, actions. The name of a writ containing a command to stay the proceedings at law.
Superseding clause
A clause in a bill of lading (supra) providing that the bill of lading itself supersedes all agreements or freight (supra) engagements for the shipment of the goods, and also that all the terms of the bill of lading, whether written, typed, stamped or printed, are binding on the shipper (supra), consignee (supra), owner of the goods and holder of the bill, as if the bill were signed by them, any local customs or privileges to the contrary notwithstanding.
Supervisor
An overseer; a surveyor.
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Superfoetation
med. jur. The conception of a second embryo, during the gestation of the first, or the conception of a child by a woman already pregnant with another, during the time of such pregnancy.
Superior
One who has a right to command; one who holds a superior rank; as, a soldier is bound to obey his superior. 2. In estates, some are superior to others; an estate entitled to a servitude or easement over another estate, is called the superior or dominant, and the other the inferior or servient estate.
Supernumerarii
Rom. civil law. From the reign of Constantine to Justinian, advocates were divided into two classes: viz. advocates in title, who were called statute, and supernumeraries. The statutis were inscribed in the mat-riculation books, and formed a part of the college of advocates in each jurisdiction. The supernumeraries were not attached to any bar in particular, and could reside where, they pleased; they took the place of advocates by title, as vacancies occurred in that body.
Supersedeas
practice, actions. The name of a writ containing a command to stay the proceedings at law.
Superseding clause
A clause in a bill of lading (supra) providing that the bill of lading itself supersedes all agreements or freight (supra) engagements for the shipment of the goods, and also that all the terms of the bill of lading, whether written, typed, stamped or printed, are binding on the shipper (supra), consignee (supra), owner of the goods and holder of the bill, as if the bill were signed by them, any local customs or privileges to the contrary notwithstanding.
Superstitious use
Supervisor
An overseer; a surveyor.
Supplemental
That which is added to a thing to complete it as a supplemental affidavit, which is an additional affidavit to make out a case; a supplemental bill.
Supplemental bill
equity plead. A bill already filed to supply some defect in the original bill.
Supplemental rules
The Supplemental Rules for Certain Admiralty and Maritime Claims, adopted in 1966 as part of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure in the United States.
Supplementary work
A work prepared for publication as a secondary adjunct to a work by another author for the purpose of introduction, concluding, illustrating, explaining, revising, commenting upon, or assisting in the use of the other work, such as forewords, afterwords, pictorial illustrations, maps, charts, tables, editorial notes, musical arrangements, answer material for tests, bibliographies, appendixes and indexes.
RELATED TERMS--------------------------------------
Law
A rule or body of rules of conduct inherent in human nature and essential to or binding upon human society. The learned profession that is mastered by graduate study in a law school and that is responsible for the judicial system.
When
1) At which time, in wills, standing by itself unqualified and unexplained, this is a word of condition denoting the time at which the gift is to continence. 2) The context of a will may show that the word when is to be applied to the possession only, not to the vesting of a legacy; but to justify this construction, there must be circumstances, or other expressions in the will, showing such to have been the testator's intent.
Maintenance
1) Crimes. A malicious, or at least, officious interference in a suit in which the offender has no interest, to assist one of the parties to it against the other, with money or advice to prosecute or defend the action, without any authority of law. 2) Quasi contracts. The support which one person, who is bound by law to do so, gives to another for his living; for example, a father is bound to find maintenance for his children; and a child is required by law to main-tain his father or mother when they cannot support themselves, and he has ability to maintain them.
Chaplain
A clergyman appointed to say prayers and perform divine service.
Man
A human being. This definition includes not only the adult male sex of the human species, but women and children; examples: "of offences against man, some are more immediately against the king, other's more immediately against the subject." Hawk. P. C. book 1, c. 2, s. 1. Offences against the life of man come under the general name of homicide, which in our law signifies the killing of a man by a man.
Dead
Something which has no life; figuratively, something of no value.
Church
A temple or building consecrated to the Honor of God and religion; or, an assembly of persons, united by the profession of the same Christian faith, met together for all religious worship. Robertson v. Bullions, 9 Barb. 95 (1850). The civil courts have only to do with the rights of property. When a right of property depends on a civil court question, and that question has been decided by the highest tribunal within the religious organization to which it has been carried, the civil courts accept that decision as final. Relations of Civil Law to Church Policy (1875) Hon. William Strong; Watson v. Jones, 13 Wall. 713, 722-31 (1871).
Elsewhere
In another place.
Perpetual
That which is to last without limitation as to time.
Cases
General term for an action, cause, suit, or controversy, at law or in equity; questions contested before a court of justice.
King
The chief magistrate of a kingdom, vested usually with the executive power.
Several
A state of separation or partition. A several agreement or cove-nant, is one entered into by two or more persons separately, each binding himself for the whole; a several action is one in which two or more persons are separately charged; a several inheritance, is one conveyed so as to descend, or come to two persons separately by moieties. Several is usually opposed to joint.
Direct
Straight forward; not collateral.
SIMILAR TERMS--------------------------------------
Super altum mare
Upon the high sea.
Super visum corpore
Upon view of the body. When an inquest is held over a body found dead, it must be super visum corpore.
Supercargo
Maritime law. A person specially employed by the owner of a cargo to take charge of the merchandise which has been shipped, to sell it to the best advantage, and to purchase returning cargoes and to receive freight, as he may be authorized.
Superficiarius
Civil law. He who has built upon the soil of another, which he has hired for a number of years or forever, yielding a yearly rent. This is not very different from the owner of a lot on ground rent in Pennsylvania.
Superficies
A Latin word used among civilians. It signifies in the edict of the praetor whatever has been erected on the soil, quidquid solo inoedificdtum est.
Superfoetation
med. jur. The conception of a second embryo, during the gestation of the first, or the conception of a child by a woman already pregnant with another, during the time of such pregnancy.
Superior
One who has a right to command; one who holds a superior rank; as, a soldier is bound to obey his superior. 2. In estates, some are superior to others; an estate entitled to a servitude or easement over another estate, is called the superior or dominant, and the other the inferior or servient estate.
Supernumerarii
Rom. civil law. From the reign of Constantine to Justinian, advocates were divided into two classes: viz. advocates in title, who were called statute, and supernumeraries. The statutis were inscribed in the mat-riculation books, and formed a part of the college of advocates in each jurisdiction. The supernumeraries were not attached to any bar in particular, and could reside where, they pleased; they took the place of advocates by title, as vacancies occurred in that body.
Supersedeas
practice, actions. The name of a writ containing a command to stay the proceedings at law.
Superseding clause
A clause in a bill of lading (supra) providing that the bill of lading itself supersedes all agreements or freight (supra) engagements for the shipment of the goods, and also that all the terms of the bill of lading, whether written, typed, stamped or printed, are binding on the shipper (supra), consignee (supra), owner of the goods and holder of the bill, as if the bill were signed by them, any local customs or privileges to the contrary notwithstanding.
Supervisor
An overseer; a surveyor.
PREVIOUS AND NEXT TERMS--------------------------------------
Superfoetation
med. jur. The conception of a second embryo, during the gestation of the first, or the conception of a child by a woman already pregnant with another, during the time of such pregnancy.
Superior
One who has a right to command; one who holds a superior rank; as, a soldier is bound to obey his superior. 2. In estates, some are superior to others; an estate entitled to a servitude or easement over another estate, is called the superior or dominant, and the other the inferior or servient estate.
Supernumerarii
Rom. civil law. From the reign of Constantine to Justinian, advocates were divided into two classes: viz. advocates in title, who were called statute, and supernumeraries. The statutis were inscribed in the mat-riculation books, and formed a part of the college of advocates in each jurisdiction. The supernumeraries were not attached to any bar in particular, and could reside where, they pleased; they took the place of advocates by title, as vacancies occurred in that body.
Supersedeas
practice, actions. The name of a writ containing a command to stay the proceedings at law.
Superseding clause
A clause in a bill of lading (supra) providing that the bill of lading itself supersedes all agreements or freight (supra) engagements for the shipment of the goods, and also that all the terms of the bill of lading, whether written, typed, stamped or printed, are binding on the shipper (supra), consignee (supra), owner of the goods and holder of the bill, as if the bill were signed by them, any local customs or privileges to the contrary notwithstanding.
Superstitious use
Supervisor
An overseer; a surveyor.
Supplemental
That which is added to a thing to complete it as a supplemental affidavit, which is an additional affidavit to make out a case; a supplemental bill.
Supplemental bill
equity plead. A bill already filed to supply some defect in the original bill.
Supplemental rules
The Supplemental Rules for Certain Admiralty and Maritime Claims, adopted in 1966 as part of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure in the United States.
Supplementary work
A work prepared for publication as a secondary adjunct to a work by another author for the purpose of introduction, concluding, illustrating, explaining, revising, commenting upon, or assisting in the use of the other work, such as forewords, afterwords, pictorial illustrations, maps, charts, tables, editorial notes, musical arrangements, answer material for tests, bibliographies, appendixes and indexes.
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