Glossary of Legal Terms

TERMS:
S corporation S.B. S.J.D. sabotage safe harbor salary sale sale in gross sale on approval sale or return saleable sales tax salvage salvage value same evidence test sanction sanctionable sane sanity satisfaction satisfaction piece satisfy saving clause saving to suitors clause savings and loan association savings bank savings bond savings statute SBA scab scale scalp schedule scheduled scheme sci. fa. scienter scintilla scire facias scope of employment scrivener scrutiny seal search search warrant seasonable SEC second degree second-degree murder second mortgage secondary secondary boycott secondary liability secondary market secondary meaning secondary picketing secretary Secretary of the Senate section 1983 secure secured secured creditor secured party secured transaction securitize security security agreement security deposit security for costs security interest sedition segregate segregation seise seisin seize seizin seizure selective incorporation selectman self-dealing self-defense self-executing self-help self-incriminating self-incrimination self-insurance self-insure self-proving self-serving declaration sell semble senate senator senior senior lien seniority sentence sentencing guidelines separable controversy separate separate but equal separate estate separate maintenance separate opinion separate property separated separation separation agreement separation of church and state separation of powers sequester sequestration sequestrator serial bond seriatim serious bodily injury servant serve service service mark servient estate servitude session set aside set off set-off settle settlement settlement option settlor sever severability clause severable several several liability several obligation severalty sex discrimination sexual abuse sexual assault sexual battery sexual harassment shakedown search sham sham pleading sham transaction share shareholder shareholder control agreement shareholder resolution shark repellent shelf registration shelf security shell corporation Shepardize sheriff sheriff's deed sheriff's sale shield law shifting use	shipment contract shock shop shop committee shop right shop steward shoplift shoplifter short short-form merger short rate short-swing profit short-term capital gain show showing showup sidebar conference sight sight draft sign signatory signature signature crime silence silent silent partner silent record silent witness theory simple simple assault simple battery simple interest simple robbery simple trust simpliciter simplified employee pension simulate simulation simultaneous death act single publication rule sinking fund sit sit-down strike situs skip person slander slander of title slight negligence slip law slip opinion slowdown small business small business corporation small claim small claims court smart money smuggle social contract social guest social host social insurance social security society sodomy soft goods solatium sole sole custody sole proprietorship solicit solicitation solicitee solicitor solicitor general solidarity solidary solidary liability solidary obligation solvency solvent Son of Sam law sound source source of law sovereign sovereign acts doctrine sovereign immunity sovereignty sovran speaker speaking spec special special act special administrator special agency special agent special appearance special assessment special benefit special contract special counsel special court-martial special damages special demurrer special deposit special district special duty doctrine special employee special employer special endorsement special exception special facts doctrine special finding special grand jury special guaranty special hazard rule special interrogatory special judge special jury special law special lien special meeting special mission exception special mortgage special power special power of appointment special power of attorney special proceeding special prosecutor special session special tax special use permit special use valuation special verdict special warranty deed specialty specie specific specific bequest specific denial specific devise specific intent specific jurisdiction specific legacy specific lien specific performance specification speculate speculation speculative speculative risk speech speech or debate clause speedy trial spending power spendthrift spendthrift trust Spielberg Doctrine spin-off split	split-funded plan split gift split-off split sentence split-up spoliation spoliator sponsor spontaneous declaration spot zoning spray spread springing use square squatter squeezeout ss SSI stake stakeholder stale stalk stalking stamp stamp tax stand standard standard deduction standard mortgage clause standard of care standard of proof standby letter of credit standing standing committee standstill agreement star chamber stare decisis Stat. state state action state bank state court state law state of mind exception state prison stated capital stated value statement Statement of Financial Affairs Statement of Intention state's attorney state's evidence states' rights status status offender status quo status quo ante statute statute of frauds statute of limitations statute of repose statutory statutory employee statutory employer statutory foreclosure statutory guardian statutory law statutory lien statutory merger statutory omnibus clause statutory rape statutory rule against perpetuities stay steal step transaction doctrine stepped-up basis stet sting stipulate stipulated damages stipulation stipulation pour autrui stipulator stirpital stock stock appreciation right stock bonus plan stock exchange stock in trade stock index stock manipulation stock market stock option stock option plan stock power stock split stockholder stockholder of record stole stolen stood stop stop and frisk statute stop order stop payment stoppage in transitu straddle straight bill of lading straight deductible straight-line straight-line depreciation straight voting stranger straw man street name stretch-out strict strict construction strict foreclosure strict liability strict scrutiny stricti juris strictissimi juris strike strike fund strike suit strikebreaker STRIP strip strip search strip-search strong mark struck struck jury sua sponte suable sub- sub judice sub nom. sub nomine sub silentio subagent subchapter subchapter S subcommittee subcontract subcontractor subdivide subdivision subject subject matter jurisdiction sublease sublessee sublessor sublet sublicense sublimit submissible submission submit

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