Category: S
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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 […]
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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 […]
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Syndic
Definition of Syndic A person appointed by a corporation to act for it as regards a particular matter Browse You might be interested in these references tools: ResourceDescription Syndic in the Dictionaries, Syndic in our legal dictionaries, Related topics, Browse topics from the European […]
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Synod
Definition of Synod An ecclesiastical council Browse You might be interested in these references tools: ResourceDescription Synod in the Dictionaries, Synod in our legal dictionaries, Related topics, Browse topics from the European Encyclopedia of Law, Browse the Legal Thesaurus, Find […]
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Sur
Definition of Sur Upon. Used to point out on what the old real actions were founded, e.g., sur disseisin, to recover the land from a disseisor Browse You might be interested in these references tools: ResourceDescription Sur in the Dictionaries, Sur in our legal dictionaries, Related topics, […]
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Surcharge
Definition of Surcharge (1) To surcharge a common is to put more cattle thereon than the pasture and herbage will sustain, or than the commoner has a right to do. (2) Where an account is being investigated in the Chancery Division, and the party at whose instance it is taken shows that an item […]
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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 […]
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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. […]
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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, […]
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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 […]