SALVAGE:

of the rate of salvage as settled by the last prize act,
858, 9.

persons preserving goods which have been abandoned
at sea are entitled to a compensation, 1211.

SCANDALUM MAGNATUM:

of the remedy for this injury, 1091.

how to declare, 1092.

words actionable in the case of a peer, which would
not be in the case of a commoner, 1093.

SEA:

of plaintiff's beyond sea, at time of cause of action, with-
in what time they may sue, 135.

defendants beyond sea, at time of cause of action, may
be sued on their return, 136.

SEAMEN:

of their wages:

agreement relating to, must be in writing, 983.
must specify the wages and voyage, ib.

and must be signed by seamen within three days,
ib.

mariner not obliged to produce the written agree-
ment in court, 984.

of the penalties imposed on seamen for desertion,
ib.

what shall be deemed desertion, ib. n.

of the regulations:

for the government of seamen employed in the
coasting trade, 986.

for preventing desertion of seamen from ships
trading to the West Indies, 987.

ship-owners must not advance to seamen, while
beyond sea, more than a moiety of wages due,

*988.

freight the mother of wages, ib.

if ship be captured seamen lose their wages, ib.
ship seized by way of retaliation, and afterwards
restored, cannot be considered as captured, 989.
where impressed seaman is entitled to wages pro
tanto, 990, 1.

of the remedies for the recovery of seamen's wages:
in the court of admiralty, 991.

and at common law, ib.

SECOND DELIVERANCE:

writ of, when it must be sued, 1082.

in what case it operates as supersedeas to the retorno
habendo, ib.

SEIZURE:

owner of ship, seized as forfeited, cannot maintain
trespass, 609 n.

hostile seizure is not necessarily capture, so as to de-
feat seamen's claim for wages, 989.

SENTENCE:

of council at war, where evidence, 35.

sentences of foreign courts of admiralty are conclusive
evidence, in actions on policies, upon all subjects
within their jurisdiction, 899,900.

where a warranty of neutrality shall be falsified by fo-
reign sentence, 900.

but these sentences must be legal sentences, 903.
SEQUESTRATION:

nature of this proceeding, 180 n.

SERVANT:

see Master and Servant.

SERVICE:

of declaration in ejectment, 657.

of notice to quit, 648.

SET-OFF:

at common law, 136, 519.

by statutes, 136, 519.

how defendant may conclude his plea, 137.

debts must be mutual and due in same right, 139, 59%.
in cases of executors, 139.

cannot be of debt barred by statute of limitations, 140.
cannot be of a penalty, ib.

reducing demand under 40s. does not affect jurisdiction
of superior court, 142.

to debt on bond, 519 to 522.

SHERIFF:

remedy against, for escape,

at common law, 559.
by statute, ib.

liable for escape after recaption on escape warrant, 561.
must appoint deputies to make replevins, 1054.

liable for taking insufficient pledges, 1056, 9.

cannot be made a trespasser by relation, 1159.

cannot justify breaking open outward door to execute
process, 1174.

trover lies by sheriff against person taking away goods
seized in execution, 1196.

SHIP:

ship owners not liable for embezzlement by mariners,
369.

nor for any loss exceeding value of vessel and freight,
ib.

nor for any loss by, fire, ib.

nor for jewels, &c. unless the value is specified, ib.
action against ship-owner must be brought by con-
signee of goods, 373.

master of ship has no lien on ship for money expended
in repairs, 1213.

if the owner of a ship, having chartered her for a
voyage, assigns her before the voyage, though he
afterwards assigns the charter-party to another, if
she earns freight, the assignee of the ship is entitled
to the freight, as incident to the ship, Morrison v.
Parsons, 2 Taunt. 407.

sale of the whole of a ship by part owner is not equi-
valent to destruction, so that co-tenant may maintain
trover, 1205 n.

master of ship has no general authority, by law, to sell
ship or cargo, 1203.

see Registry.

SIMONY:

definition of, 504.

statutes relating to, 505, 6.

resignation bonds, where good and where simoniacal,

507.

case of Bishop of London v. Ffytche, 508.
ground of the decision in that case, 508 n.

SLANDER:

scandalum magnatum defined, 1091.

statutes relating to, ib.

form of declaration, 1092.

what words are actionable in the case of a peer,

1093.

of the action for slander, 1093.

where it lies for words actionable in themselves,
1094.

how words are to be construed, 1095.

of words not actionable in themselves, 1098.
what special damage sufficient to support action,
ib.

on of in what case two persons may join for slander, ib.
where the republication of slander is actionable, ib.

3000g yew of the declaration, 1099.

meaning of the term innuendo, 1100.
office of the innuendo, ib.

in what case averment of colloquium is necessary,

1101.

jury to decide whether meaning is such as is
imputed by the innuendo, ib.

evidence, 1103.

costs, 1104.

see Pleadings-Libel.

SOCIETY:

one member of amicable society cannot maintain trover
against another for taking away a chattel belonging
to the society, 1204.

SOLVIT AD DIEM, AND SOLVIT POST DIEM:
of pleading payment at common law by statute, 512.
if bond has laid dormant for 20 years, payment will be
presumed, 514.

doctrine of presumed payment first laid down by Lord
Hale, 515 n.

indorsements of receipts for interest, made by obligee
before 20 years elapsed, will rebut presumption of
payment, 516.

indorsements of receipts, after 20 years, not admissible,
517 n.

SPECIALTY:

assumpsit will not lie on a specialty, 405.
exceptions to this rule, ib. n.

STABLE-KEEPER:

liable for the negligence of his servants, 363.

STAGE COACH:

proprietor of, how far liable as common carrier, 358.
see Carrier.

STAMP:

amount of stamp duties on bills and notes, 278.

on policies of insurance, 846.
stamp must be of proper value and denomination, 278.
where new stamp is required on bill of exchange, 281.
on policy of insurance,
848 n.

STATUTE MERCHANT OR STAPLE:

in what order to be paid by executors, 709.
STATUTES:

20 H. 3. c. 4. (stat. Merton) approvement of common,
387.

52 H. 3. c. 4. (stat. Marlebridge) driving distress out of
county, 624.

unreasonable distress, 629.

c. 21. who may take replevin of distresses, 1054.
3 Edw. 1. c. 34. (West. 1.) scandalum magnatum, '091.
6 Edw. 1. c. 1. (stat. Gloucester) s. 2. costs, 1086, 1227.
13 Edw. 1. stat. 1. c. 2. (Westm. 2.) pledges to prose-
cute in replevin, 1056.

writ of pone, to remove plaint,

1062.

second deliverance, 1081.

c. 11. process of execution in account
7. escape, 559.

c. 23. account by executors, 3, 716.
c. 46. approvement of common, 387.

4 Edw. 3. c. 7. actions by executors, 715.
31 Edw. 3. stat. 1. c. 11. administrators, 3, 716.
34 Edw. 3. c. 16. fine and non-claim, 670.

45 Edw. 3. c. 3. exemption from tithes, 1128.
1 R. 2. c. 12. escape, 560.

2 R. 2. c. 5. scandalum magnatum, 1091.

12 R. 2. c. 2. sale of offices, 60.

c. 11. scandalum magnatum, 1092.

13 R. 2. stat. 1. c. 13. qualification to kill game, 800 n.
23 H. 6. c. 10. bail to sheriff, 523, 528.

1 R. 3. c. 7. fine and non-claim, 670.

3 H. 7. c. 10. costs-error, 1086.

4 H. 7. c. 24. fine and non-claim, 670.

11 H. 7. c. 20. discontinuances by wife, 668.
7 H. 8. c. 4. recoverors-distress, 618.

s. 3. damages-costs, 1086.'

21 H. 8. c. 5. s. 3. administration, 716 n.

c. 11. restitution of goods feloniously stolen,

1203.

c. 13. s. 5. clergymen trading, 165 n.

c. 19. damages, costs, &c., 1086.

27 H. 8. c. 20. tithes, 1135.

28 H. 8. c. 15. wilful destruction of ships-trial, 969 n.
31 H. 8. c. 13. s. 21. dissolution of religious houses,

1135.

32 H. 8. c. 1. stat. of wills, 777, 788.

c. 2. s. 3. limitation of avowry, 1079.

c. 7. s. 7. recovery of tithes, 1125.

c. 28. lease by tenant in tail, 668.

s. 6. act of husband-discontinuance, 669.

c. 33. descent toiling entry, 666.

c. 34. covenant-assignees of reversion, 338,
9, 440.