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SLOWDOWN

where employees will intentionally slow down working instead of calling a strike.

SWEARING-IN

This means to take an oath when you are elected to public office.

SEARCH A TITLE

a term where a title is investigated to make sure it belongs to the alleged owner.

STOCKHOLDERS

an meeting of stockholders to elect officers and conducting business that requires action and consent.

SEARCH AND SEIZURE UNREASONABLE

1. An unlawful search conducted with no legal authority. 2. A search that is harsh and intense that violates rights of the person being investigated.

SPIN-OFF

the name that is given to a corporation that has been set up by a parent company with new stock offered to people with shares in the parent company.

SUPPOSITION

the term that means a guess or a conjecture that a thing is true and factual with no positive proof that it is true.

SUIT IN EQUITY

a lawsuit that will be determined according to the judgement of the court as to what is fair and equitable.

SPOUSE

a term that is used to describe a person’s husband or wife.

SEAL PUBLIC

a seal that is fixed to a document that is issued by a local, state and federal government.

SIT-DOWN STRIKE

the name applied to a strike where the worker’s stay on the premises and stop working.

SEPARATE ACKNOWLEDGMENT

the acknowledgement of a deed or other document by a woman who is married that is separate and apart from her husband’s acknowledgement.

SUBSTANTIVE FELONY

the name given to an offense that has not depended on the action of other people.

SHIP

These are the documents that are carried by all ships on the high seas that shows nationality, port of origin, ports of call, cargo and the proof of it complying with navigation

SIMULATED

a where a thing is made to look like a thing that it is not with an attempt to defraud.

SEPARATE ESTATE

the term applied to the property that is owned and controlled by a spouse where the partner has no control over.

STOWAWAY

the term used to describe a person who has hidden inside a plane or ship to get a free ride.

SUBSTITUTION OF PARTIES

a term that is applied when a plaintiff or a defendant is changed during a law suit with the permission of the court when a pleading process has been amended.

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