Definition
"Sity" does not appear to be a recognized legal term. The source material attributed to this entry in Anderson's Dictionary of Law does not contain a definition for "sity" — the text provided relates to interpretive principles governing statutory construction (general expressions, surplusage, remedial interpretation), and appears to be a fragment from a nearby or adjacent entry, likely "EXPRESSIONS" or a related heading.
This entry cannot be completed as a substantive legal definition because no reliable source material supports one. "Sity" is not a term found in the standard Anglo-American legal lexicon, and fabricating a definition would violate the sourcing standards of this dictionary.
Why It Matters in Research
Researchers encountering "sity" in a historical legal text should consider several possibilities: (1) it may be a typographical or transcription error for a recognizable term — candidates include "city," "seisin," "surety," or "pity" (a historical variant in some ecclesiastical contexts); (2) it may be an abbreviation artifact from older print sources where letterforms were misread during digitization or manual transcription; (3) it may be a highly localized or archaic usage that did not achieve broad circulation. Before treating "sity" as a term of art, researchers should consult the surrounding text for context, examine the original print edition of any source, and consider whether optical character recognition error is responsible.
Historical Dictionary Support
Anderson's Dictionary of Law, the sole source provided, does not define "sity." The text associated with this entry in the source material is plainly misdirected — it addresses principles of statutory construction, referencing the interpretive maxims governing general expressions, the rule against surplusage, and cross-references to INCIDENT, REMEDY, EXPRESSIO UNIUS, and related headings. None of this content pertains to a term called "sity." No other historical legal dictionary in the Law Mind corpus appears to contain a definition for this term.