Sergeant Schultz defense. Slang. An assertion by a criminal or civil defendant who claims that he or she was not an active participant in an alleged scheme or conspiracy, and that he or she knew nothing, saw nothing, and heard nothing. • This defense is named after a character from the television series Hogan’s Heroes, […]
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sergeant-at-arms. 1. Hist. An armed officer attending a sovereign. 2. An officer the Crown assigns to attend a session of Parliament. 3. A legislative officer charged with maintaining order and serving notices and process on behalf of the legislative body and its committees. [Cases: States 32. C.J.S. States §§ 48–50.] 4. Parliamentary law. An officer
sergeant. 1. Hist. A person who is not a knight but holds lands by tenure of military service. 2. Hist. A municipal officer performing duties for the Crown. 3. Hist. A bailiff. 4. SERGEANT-AT-ARMS. 5. A noncommissioned officer in the armed forces ranking a grade above a corporal. 6. An officer in the police force
cornage (kor-nij). [fr. Anglo-French corne “horn”] Hist. 1. A type of grand-sergeanty military tenure in which the tenant was bound to blow a horn to alert others whenever an enemy approached. 2. A form of tenure entitling a landowner to rent based on the number of horned cattle owned by the tenant. • Cornage may
at law (1)法律上的；普通法上的；依据普通法的 尤指区别于衡平法上的或依据衡平法的。 (2)用于某些称谓中如sergeant at law; barrister at law; attorney or counsellor at law等。