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SR-22

A court document required in cases involving certain traffic violations that demonstrates the financial responsibility of the convicted person.

Second Named Insured

The second person named on an auto insurance policy and who has the same coverage as the Named Insured.

Salvage Titles

A type of vehicle title branding which states that a vehicle has been damaged and/or declared a total loss by an insurance company that paid a claim on it. Requirements for salvage

STATUTE PUNITIVE

the name that is given to a law that will impose a penalty when it is broken.

SERVICE OF NOTICE

the term used for the giving of information to a person who is entitled to receive it. It needs to be carried out according to law.

SIMPLE ASSAULT

1. An assault that was not aggravated or provoked. 2. An assault that gave rise to no bodily harm.

SIDE-BAR

the term that is used for a conference between a presiding judge and the 2 attorneys while a court is in session to discuss some matter that has arisen.

SPITE FENCE

the name that is given to a fence that is built on a neighbour’s property to annoy him.

STATUTE PERPETUAL

the law that stays in effect permanently and with no limit to when it will no longer be in effect.

SHERIFF DEPUTY

the person who is appointed by the sheriff to help him in his work or to aid him in a certain task.

SALE JUDICIAL

the term that is given to a sale that has been ordered by a court. See sale, forced.

STATUTE REVISED

the term that is given to a statute that has been changed altered, reenacted or updated.

SECURITY COLLATERAL

a term for an additional security for a debt that is subordinate to the original security and is a secondary guarantee that the debt will be paid.

SHORT RATE

a term that describes the agreement between the insurer an the insured to cancel a policy and make a new policy.

SIMPLE NEGLIGENCE

an injury that results from failing to take precautions that differs from negligence that is willful and deliberate.

STATUTORY RAPE

the term that describes having sexual intercourse with a person who is younger than the legal age of consent.

SOVEREIGN POWER

the power and the authority to make and enforce the law of the land. See inherent power.

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