Law Dictionary Definitions

seabed. The sea floor; the ground underlying the ocean, over which nations may assert sovereignty, esp. if underlying their territorial waters. [Blacks Law 8th]

sea. 1. The ocean <on the sea>.2. A large landlocked part of the ocean; a large body of salt water smaller than a regular ocean <the Mediterranean Sea>.3. The ocean swell <a rough sea>.4. An extremely large or extended quantity <a sea of documents>. free seas.See high seas. high seas.The seas or oceans beyond the…

S.E.abbr.SOUTH EASTERN REPORTER. [Blacks Law 8th]

s/d b/l.abbr.Sight draft with bill of lading attached. See sight draft under DRAFT. [Blacks Law 8th]

S.D.abbr.Southern District, in reference to U.S. judicial districts. [Blacks Law 8th]

scyra (shy-r<<schwa>>), n.[Law Latin “shire”] Hist. 1.A county; shire. 2. A county’s inhabitants. [Blacks Law 8th]

scutagio habendo.See DE SCUTAGIO HABENDO. [Blacks Law 8th]

scutage (skyoo-tij), n.[fr. Latin scutum “a shield”] Hist. 1.A monetary payment levied by the king on barons as a substitute for some or all of the knights to be supplied to the king by each baron. • This payment seems to date from the 12th century, Henry II (1154–1189) having levied five scutages in the…

S.Ct.abbr.1.SUPREME COURT. 2. Supreme Court Reporter. [Blacks Law 8th]

scrutator (skroo-tay-t<<schwa>>r), n.[Latin fr. scrutari “to search”] Hist. A bailiff or officer who enforces the king’s water rights, as by supervising wreckage, flotsam, and jetsam; a customs officer. [Blacks Law 8th]