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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

SECONDARY BOYCOTT

a boycott against a company that does business with a company in dispute with the union.

SECONDHAND EVIDENCE

This term is used for hearsay evidence that a person has learned from another person and has not seen or heard themselves.

SAFE INVESTMENT RULE

the calculation of a future earning of a person who has died and is used by a jury to award damages to the heirs.

SOCIAL SECURITY ACT

a federal law that provides for establishing universal state and federal insurance benefits, unemployed insurance and other benefits for its citizens.

SUPERVENING CAUSE

the name that is given to legal action that stops another cause of action from being determined.

SUDDEN EMERGENCY DOCTRINE

a principle that states a person may be cleared of negligence if he encounters a danger that is not of his own making.

SPECIAL COUNSEL

the name that is given to the attorney who is employed to assist a state or a federal attorney general in a prosecution case.

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

SIMULTANEOUS

a term that is applied to the happening at the same time or the same instant.

SELLING SHORT

a term where a person sells stocks that are not really owned by the seller where the seller hopes to cover the sale by buying it later at a lower price.

SEAT OF GOVERNMENT

the term that is used to describe the county seat or the capital of a state or the federal government.

STAY OF ACTION

a term used when a case is postponed, usually until a matter pending is taken care of.

SETTLE PROPERTY

a term used to determine the future of a property so it will not be impaired or harmed by its current occupant.

SUBSIDIARY CORPORATION

the name given to a smaller company than the parent company that si controlled and owned by the parent company.

SECOND-DEGREE MURDER

the term for a homicide that is not associated with malice or any premeditation but is still from a result of causing harm. It is a more serious crime than manslaughter.

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