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Servitus Est Constitutio Jure Gentium Qua Quis Domino Alieno Contra Naturam Subjicitur Definition Slavery is an institution by the law of nations, by which a man is subjected to the dominion of another, contrary to nature. Inst. 1. 3. 2; Co. Litt. 116. Servitus Est Constitutio Jure Gentium […]

Servitium Liberum Definition A service to be done by feudatory tenants, who were called liberi homines, and distinguished from vassals, as was their service, for they were not bound to any of the base services of plowing the lord’s land, etc., but were to find a man and horse, or go with the […]

Servitium Scuti Definition Service of the shield; that is, knight service. SERVlTlUM SOKAE. Service of the plxiw; that is, socage. Servitium Scuti in Foreign Legal Encyclopedias LinkDescription Servitium Scuti, Servitium Scuti in the World Legal Encyclopedia., Servitium Scuti, Servitium […]

Servitium, In Lege Angliae, Regulariter Accipitur Pro Servitio Quod Per Tenentes Dominis Suis Debetur Ratlone Feodi Sui Definition Service, by the law of England, means the service which is due from the tenants to the lords by reason of their fee. Co. Litt. 65. Servitium, In Lege Angliae, […]

Servitium Definition In feudal and old English law. The duty of obedience and performance which a tenant was bound to render to his lord by reason of his fee. Spelman. See Co. Litt. 65a. Servitium in Foreign Legal Encyclopedias LinkDescription Servitium, Servitium in the World Legal […]

Semi-naufragium Definition (Lat.) A term used by Italian lawyers, which literally signifies half-shipwreck, and by which they understand the jetsam, or casting merchandise into the sea to prevent shipwreck. Locre, Esp. du Code de Com. art. 409. The state of a vessel which has been so much […]

Salarium Definition (Lat. from sol, salt). In the Civil Law. An allowance of provisions. Calv. Lex. A stipend, wages, or compensation for service. Id.; Dig. 7. 1. 7. 2; Id. 44. 7. 61, 1. An annual allowance or compensation. Id. In Old European Law. The rents or profits of a sato, hall or […]

Sacrilegus Omnium Praedorum Cupiditatem Et Scelerem Superat Definition A sacrilegious person transcends the cupidity and wickedness of all other robbers. 4 Coke, 106. Sacrilegus Omnium Praedorum Cupiditatem Et Scelerem Superat in Foreign Legal Encyclopedias LinkDescription Sacrilegus Omnium […]

Sabulonarium Definition (Law Lat. from sabulo). In old records. A gravel pit, or the free use of it. Cowell. Sabulonarium in Foreign Legal Encyclopedias LinkDescription Sabulonarium, Sabulonarium in the World Legal Encyclopedia., Sabulonarium, Sabulonarium in the European Legal […]