[1131] S s. An abbreviation for scilicet, although the more common abbreviation is "ss.- S 2. Abbreviation of south one half, used particularly in describing land according to the government survey, applying to a section or part of a section. Sabbath. Sunday, --the one day of the week commonly set apart and observed in Christian countries as a day of public worship, relaxation, and refreshment. State v Williams, 26 NC (4 Ired L) 400, 402. The word is not strictly synonymous with the word "Sunday;" Sabbath signifies Saturday, the seventh day of the week, the Jewish Sabbath; Sunday signifies the first day of the week, commonly called the Lord's Day. But by common usage, the terms are used indiscriminately to denote the Christian Sabbath, to wit, Sunday. See State v Drake, 64 NC 589, 591. See Sunday law. Sabbath breaking. Working, engaging in business, or the pursuit of other activity forbidden on the Sabbath. State v Popp, 45 Md 432, 437. See Sunday law. sabbatical leave. A year or more absence permitted a member of a college or university faculty for study, writing, or travel, usually with continuing pay or part pay. State ex rel. West Virginia Board of Education v Sims, 139 W Va 802, 81 SE2d 665. Sabbatum. The Sabbath; Sunday. sabotage. Wilful and malicious physical damage or injury to physical property. Burns v United States, 274 US 328, 71 L Ed 1077, 47 S Ct 650; State v Moilen, 140 Minn 112, 167 NW 345, 1 ALR 331. The malicious damage or injury to the property of an employer by an employee. State v Moilen, 140 Minn 112, 167 NW 345, 1 ALR 331, 332. Wilful, malicious, and intentional acts of force and violence or unlawful methods of terrorism which retard or slow up work by employees or others, or of any deliberate attempt to reduce profits of an employer as a means of accomplishing a change in industrial ownership or control or to effect any political end. 47 Am J1st Sedit etc § 3. sac. The jurisdiction of an ancient court-baron or manor court; the privilege of holding such a court within a manor. sacaburth. A person who entered upon a fresh pursuit of his goods after they had been stolen. saccabor. Same as sacaburth. saccularii. (Roman law.) Cutpurses. Both the Romans and the Athenians punished such offenders more severely than common thieves. By analogy it is observed that pickpockets in England were denied benefit of clergy. See 4 Bl Comm 242. sack. A bag. Plunder. A fund in ha purposes of corruption. "This meaning was doubtless first given to the word by vile and corrupt persons engaged in distributing and receiving such fund, and, when first used in that sense, might well have been regarded as a slang expression, of the meaning of which courts would not then have taken judicial notice, but it is now so frequently used to convey this particular meaning, that it can hard1y be considered, when employed for that purpose, as simply the language of slang and understood only by the vulgar." See Edwards v San Jose Printing & Pub. Soc. 99 Cal 431, 436, 34 P 128. sacquier. An arrameur or officer of a port who directed the proper loading and stowage of cargoes aboard ships. sacra. The right of a Roman to participate in sacred celebrations sacramentales. Compurgators or persons who in a trial by wager of law swore to the innocence of' the defendant. sacramentum. (Roman law) An oath sacramentum decisionis. (Civil law.) The oath of decision, the voluntary and decisive oath whereby the suit could be decided, if the other party, not being able to prove his charge, offered to refer the decision to the oath of his adversary. If the latter refused, the charge was taken as confessed by him. See 3 Bl Comm 342. sacramentum fidelitatis. The oath of fealty. Sacramentum habet in se tres comites, veritatem, justitiam et judicium; veritus habenda est in jurato, justitia et judicium in judice. An oath has within itself three concomitants, truth, justice, and judgment; truth should be observed in the person making oath and justice and judgment in the judge. Sacramentum si fatuum fuerit, licet falsum, tamen non committit perjurium. A foolish oath, although it be false, does not convict one of perjury. sacrifice. Giving up something for the sake of saving something else. The destruction of property to save other property from impending peril. The Roanoke (DC Wis) 46 F 297, 298. See voluntary sacrifice. sacrilege. The larceny of sacred things; as, from a church. Desecration. Mistreatment of things held sacred by others. Sacrilegii instar est rescripto principis obviari. It is sacrilege to oppose the ruler's rescript. 1 Bl Comm 74. sacrilegium. (Civil law.) Same as sacrilege. sacrilegus. A sacrilegious person; a thief who stole sacred things. Sacrilegus oinnium praedonum cupiditatem et scelera superat. A sacrilegious person exceeds the cupidity and wickedness of all robbers. sacristan. A sexton or caretaker of a church. [1132] sadism. The obtaining of satisfaction, even sexual pleasure, from hurting another. A species of insanity or mental disease in which the sexual instinct of the patient is abnormal or perverted. State v Petty, 32 Nev 384, 391, 108 P 934. saeculare. See forum saeculare. Saepe constitutum est, res inter alios judicatas aliis non praejudicare. It has often been decided that things adjudged as between others (than the parties before the court) do not prejudice. Saepenumero ubi proprietas verborum attenditur, sensus veritatis amittitur. When the propriety of the language is given attention, the true meaning is very often lost. Saepe viatorem nova non vetus orbita fallit. The new or fresh wheel mark or road often deceives the traveler, not the old one. saepius requisitus. Often requested or demanded. saevitia. Cruelty constituting a cause for a decree of separation in an ecclesiastical court. Ring v Ring, 118 Ga 183, 44 SE 861. safe. Noun: A repository for valuables, often proof against burglary as well as fire. Adjective: Not in danger; out of harm's way. See adequately safe; reasonably safe. safe bill. Such a bill of exchange as would be honored and paid by the drawer on using proper diligence. Warder v Whitall, 1 NJL 84. safe-conduct. Protection against harm while traveling. Guided in safety. Taken through a locality or region with safety to the person. See letters of safe-conduct. safe-deposit box. A metal box, coming in various convenient sizes, with lock, usually a double lock, for the keeping of valuable papers in one's home or office or, as is often the case, in the vault of a bank or safe-deposit company. safe-deposit business. Maintaining a fire and burglar proof vault wherein the safe-deposit boxes of customers may he deposited, subject to access at convenient times, under leases calling for the payment of rent, normally an annual rent, such business being engaged in by banks and safe-deposit companies. safe-deposit company. Any person. bank, or corporation offering, for remuneration, to furnish on its premises, for the safekeeping of the personal property of others, safe-deposit boxes, access to contents of which involve the use of a key obtained by the individual depositor. safeguard. A safety device, especially an appliance to minimize or obviate danger from electrical appliances and equipment. 26 Am J2d Electr § 46. safe investment rule. A rule applied in the computation of the present worth of a decedent's expected future earnings. Under the so-called "safe investment rule," the jury, in determining the present value of the decedent's expected future earnings, should use that rate of interest which, in the jury's considered judgment, is reasonable, just, and right under the circumstances, taking into consideration the evidence presented, the jury's knowledge of the prevailing interest rates within the limits prescribed by law in the area, and what rate of interest could fairly be expected from safe investments as made by a person of ordinary prudence, but without particular financial experience or skill. 22 Am J2d Dth § 125. See prudent investment theory. safekeeping. A deposit of money or other personal property whereunder a duty rests upon the person who receives the money or other property to keep it and return it intact upon demand. In effect, a special deposit. Wright v Payne, 62 Ala 340. safe landing. The responsibility of a carrier in reference to the act of a passenger in alighting from the carrier's conveyance. Harries v Atlantic Greyhound Corp. 243 NC 346, 90 SE2d 710, 58 ALR2d 939. safe-place statutes or ordinances. Statutes or municipal ordinances enacted to provide for the safety of buildings and premises devoted to public amusements or entertainments by imposing strict duties of maintenance and repair upon owners and proprietors. Anno: 126 ALR 1251; 4 Am J2d Amuse § 58. safe place to work. See safe working place. safe-pledge. A surety for a person's appearance in court. safe port of discharge. A familiar condition in charter parties. A port which a vessel can enter safely with her cargo or at least a port having an anchorage where the vessel can lie and discharge her cargo afloat. 48 Am J1st Ship § 324. safe return. See stipulation for safe return, safety appliance. A thing constituting a guard against danger or calculated to reduce the peril in a dangerous instrumentality. 38 Am J1st Negl § 90. Safety Appliance Acts. Federal statutes designed to safeguard and protect railroad employees from injury or death from the hazards of their employment by requiring the railroads to equip their locomotives and cars with various safety devices, and imposing liability for death or injury predicated on failure to observe the requirements of such statute.