Also known as: scilicet · namely · to wit
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An abbreviation for scilicet. It introduces a specification or more particular statement in a legal instrument or pleading.
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Sierra Solutions conveyed land in State A to Summit Bank. The deed recited the grantor's intent to apply the law of the state with the most significant relationship to the transaction, sc. State A under the factors of justified expectations and policy implementation. When a dispute arose over title, the court examined those factors to select the governing rule.
The City of Chicago took a strip of land from Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad Co. for a street widening. The railroad's deed described the interest transferred, sc. a fee simple subject to the public use. The Supreme Court reviewed whether the compensation award satisfied due process.
A Connecticut statute criminalized the use of contraceptives. Griswold and a colleague opened a clinic and were convicted. Their brief framed the claim, sc. that the law invaded a fundamental right of marital privacy protected by the Constitution.
West Virginia required students to salute the flag each morning. Several Jehovah's Witness families refused and faced expulsion. The complaint alleged a violation, sc. of the First Amendment right against coerced expression of belief.
Tompkins was injured by an Erie Railroad train in Pennsylvania. He sued in federal court and argued for a general common law rule. The Supreme Court held that state law must govern, sc. the law of Pennsylvania as the place of the injury.
Police arrested Miranda on kidnapping and rape charges and questioned him for two hours. He signed a confession. The Court reversed because officers had not advised him of his rights, sc. the right to remain silent and to have counsel present during questioning.
It expands to scilicet, a Latin term meaning that is to say or namely. The abbreviation signals that the writer is about to provide a more precise identification or explanation of the preceding term.
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Sc. is used when the following language supplies a more exact description or particular instance that defines the general term already stated. It differs from i.e., which restates the same idea in other words, and from e.g., which offers a non-exhaustive illustration.
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Its use has declined with the rise of plain-English drafting, yet it still appears in older instruments, some pleadings, and formal conveyances where precise identification of property or interests is required.
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…446 F. 2d, at 839. The Does' claim falls far short of those resolved otherwise in the cases that the Does urge upon us, namely, Investment Co. Institute v. Camp , 401 U. S. 617 (1971); Data Processing Service v. Camp , 397 U. S. 150 (1970); and Epperson v. Arkansas , 393 U. S. 97 (1968). See also Truax…