Also known as: scites · scited · sciting · cite
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An archaic term for a location or site. It refers especially to a piece of property set aside for a specific use or the site of a capital messuage.
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Sterling Manufacturing sold its factory equipment at a foreclosure auction to Sentinel Security. The buyer paid value and took the assets free of a junior creditor's recorded lien on the same collateral. The sale extinguished the subordinate interest under the governing statute.
Stephen Shaw and Selena Singh ended their cohabitation after three years. Stephen sued for breach of their oral agreement six months later, claiming unpaid contributions to household expenses. The court permitted the action because the claim accrued on the date of breach during the relationship.
Simon Stern, a nonresident, was served in a parentage action filed in the state where the child resides. The court exercised jurisdiction because the facts satisfied the long-arm requirements of the state's Uniform Interstate Family Support Act. The adjudication proceeded and bound the nonresident father.
Stella Shapiro operated a clinic providing contraceptives to married couples. State officers threatened prosecution under a statute banning distribution. The clinic challenged the law as violating a protected zone of privacy surrounding intimate decisions.
Simone Sanders was convicted of a weapons offense. The judge imposed an enhanced sentence after finding that the crime was motivated by bias. The Supreme Court required that the bias finding be made by a jury beyond a reasonable doubt.
Sydney Santos purchased a ticket containing a forum-selection clause requiring litigation in Florida. She was injured on the voyage and sued in her home state. The Court upheld the clause as reasonable and enforceable despite the passenger's lack of bargaining power.
It denotes a location or site, particularly a piece of property designated for a specific purpose such as a capital messuage.
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No. Contemporary usage favors the spelling site, and scite appears only in historical or archaic contexts.
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…they are recorded, except where a preliminary attachment was issued. Some of the statutes and several of the authorities I cite go further than the present case requires. In this case, property lying in the State where the suit was brought, owned by the non-resident debtor, was sold upon the judgment against him;…