Common Legal Terms definitions beginning with S

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Of a sound mind; sane.
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Browse Related Terms: Capacity, Compos mentis, Non compos mentis, Testamentary capacity

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Without recourse.
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Browse Related Terms: A maximis ad minima, Ad finem, Admortization, Adversus, Agenda, Alibi, Ante, Bequeath, Bequests, Cum, de novo, ET, Ex dono, ex officio, In actu, In extenso, In situ, Infra, Ipse, Merger, Non, Per viam, Totum

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To wit; that is to say (most often seen in pleadings abbreviated as s. or ss.)
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Browse Related Terms: Ad libitum (Abbr. ad lib), Alii, Anno Domini (Abbr. A.D.), Et alii (Abbr. et al.), Et sequentia (Abbr. et seq.), Et uxor (Abbr. et ux.), Ex relatione (Abbr. ex rel.), Ibidem (Abbr. Ib., ib., Ibid., or ibid.), Id est (Abbr. i.e.), Idem (Abbr. Id.), Locus sigilli (Abbr. L.S.), Nota bene (Abbr. NB), Opere citato (Abbr. op. cit.), Sequitur (Abbr. seq.), Versus (Abbr. v. or vs.)

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To mark a document with a seal; to authenticate or make binding by affixing a seal. Court seal, corporate seal.
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Browse Related Terms: Government Printing Office (GPO), patent, Patent and Trademark Office (PTO), Registered mark, trademark

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A written order issued by a judge that directs a law enforcement officer to search a specific area for a particular piece of evidence.
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Browse Related Terms: Bench warrant, Child, Initial appearance, Motion, Motion in, Objection, Post-trial, return, warrant

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Legal encyclopedias, treatises, legal texts, law review articles, and citators. Writings which set forth the opinion of the writer as to the law.
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Browse Related Terms: Advance sheets, Digests, Encyclopedia, Legal texts, Loose-leaf services, Martindale-HubbellLaw Directory, Pocket part, Replacement volumes, Treatise

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According to.
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Browse Related Terms: Chronological, Corpus delicti, Equity, Esprit de corps, Ex lege, Execute, Secundum legem, Secundum regulam

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According to law.
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Browse Related Terms: Chronological, Corpus delicti, Equity, Esprit de corps, Ex lege, Execute, Secundum, Secundum regulam

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According to rule.
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Browse Related Terms: Chronological, Corpus delicti, Equity, Esprit de corps, Ex lege, Execute, Secundum, Secundum legem

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In bankruptcy, a debt is secured if the debtor gave the creditor a right to repossess the property or goods used as collateral.
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Browse Related Terms: Attachment, Bankruptcy, Business bankruptcy, claim, creditor, Debtor, exempt property, Insolvent, Unsecured debts, Voluntary bankruptcy

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A federal agency which monitors the securities industry.
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Browse Related Terms: Administrative agencies, Federal Unemployment Tax (FUTA tax), National Labor Relations Board (NLRB), Social Security, Social Security Administration (SSA), Social Security Tax, Unfair labor practice

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The claim that an act otherwise criminal was legally justifiable because it was necessary to protect a person or property from the threat or action of another.
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Browse Related Terms: Chattel, Conservatorship, Defense of property, Eminent Domain, Escheat, Forfeiture, Larceny, Lien, Purchase agreement/purchase offer, Robbery, will

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The constitutional right of people to refuse to give testimony against themselves that could subject them to criminal prosecution. The right is guaranteed in the Fifth Amendment to the United States Constitution. Asserting the right is often referred to as "taking the Fifth."
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Browse Related Terms: Codicil, Disclaim, Gradus, Mitigating circumstances, Per se

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A will whose validity does not have to be testified to in court by the witnesses to it, since the witnesses executed an affidavit reflecting proper execution of the will prior to the maker's death.
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Browse Related Terms: deposition, Impeachment, Impeachment of a witness, Sequestration of witnesses, subpoena, Subpoena Duces Tecum, Testimony, Waiver of immunity, Witness

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Always faithful.
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Browse Related Terms: Bona fide, Mala, Mala fide, Malo modo

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The punishment ordered by a court for a defendant convicted of a crime.
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The punishment ordered by a court for a defendant convicted of a crime. See concurrent and consecutive sentences.
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Browse Related Terms: Concurrent sentences, Consecutive sentences, Cumulative sentences, Good time, Leniency

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See Presentence Report.
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Browse Related Terms: Miranda warning, Official reports, Presentence report, sentencing guidelines, United States Reports, United States Supreme Court

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A set of rules and principles established by the United States Sentencing Commission that trial judges use to determine the sentence for a convicted defendant.
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Browse Related Terms: Miranda warning, Official reports, Presentence report, Sentence Report, United States Reports, United States Supreme Court

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To separate. Sometimes juries are sequestered from outside influences during their deliberations.
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To separate. Sometimes juries are separated from outside influences during their deliberations. For example, this may occur during a highly publicized trial.
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Browse Related Terms: Additur, Bailiff, bench trial, Charge, jury, equitable, evidence, Finding, Instructions, Jury instructions, Non-jury trial, Remittitur

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Keeping all witnesses (except plaintiff and defendant) out of the courtroom except for their time on the stand, and cautioning them not to discuss their testimony with other witnesses. Also referred to as "separation of witnesses."
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Browse Related Terms: deposition, Impeachment, Impeachment of a witness, Self-proving will, subpoena, Subpoena Duces Tecum, Testimony, Waiver of immunity, Witness

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