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  • Sureties Of The Peace And Good Behaviour

    Definition of Sureties Of The Peace And Good Behaviour A person may be ordered to find sureties for his keeping the peace upon conviction on indictment of any felony under the Criminal Law Consolidation Act, 1861. He may be ordered to find sureties both for the peace and for good behaviour […]

  • Surety

    Definition of Surety A person who binds himself usually by deed to satisfy the obligation of another person, if the latter fails to do so: a guarantor. If a surety satisfies the obligation for which he has made himself liable, he is entitled to recover the amount from the principal debtor. […]

  • Surplusage

    Definition of Surplusage A superfluity or excess ; in pleading, the allegation of unnecessary matter. See Order XIX, r. 27 Browse You might be interested in these references tools: ResourceDescription Surplusage in the Dictionaries, Surplusage in our legal dictionaries, Related topics, […]

  • Surprise

    Definition of Surprise may be a ground for setting aside a contract, judgment or order if substantial injustice has been done Browse You might be interested in these references tools: ResourceDescription Surprise in the Dictionaries, Surprise in our legal dictionaries, Related topics, Browse […]

  • Surrebutter; Surrejoinder

    Definition of Surrebutter; Surrejoinder See Pleadings Browse You might be interested in these references tools: ResourceDescription Surrebutter; Surrejoinder in the Dictionaries, Surrebutter; Surrejoinder in our legal dictionaries, Related topics, Browse topics from the European Encyclopedia […]

  • Surrender

    Definition of Surrender The yielding up of an estate for life or for years in land, so that it merges in the reversion or remainder. Surrender must be by deed, or may be by operation of law, e.g., if a lessee accepts a new leas incompatible with his existing lease, this operates as a surrender…

  • Sus

    Definition of Sus per coll. An abbreviation for suspendatur per collum : let him be hanged by the neck Browse You might be interested in these references tools: ResourceDescription Sus in the Dictionaries, Sus in our legal dictionaries, Related topics, Browse topics from the European […]

  • Survivorship

    Definition of Survivorship The right of a person to property by reason of his having survived another person who had an interest in it, e.g., on the death of one of two joint tenants the whole property passes to the survivor. See Commorientes Browse You might be interested in these references […]

  • Sus

    Definition of Sus per coll. An abbreviation for suspendatur per collum : let him be hanged by the neck Browse You might be interested in these references tools: ResourceDescription Sus in the Dictionaries, Sus in our legal dictionaries, Related topics, Browse topics from the European […]

  • Sutton V. Johnstone

    Definition of Sutton V. Johnstone (IT. R. 493). An action will not lie against a party’s superior officer for acts done in the course of his duty.The plaintiff, a naval captain, sued his superior officer for having put him under arrest and imprisonment and so kept him nearly three years, until […]