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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

SENTENCE CONCURRENT

the term applied to a sentence that runs at the same time as another sentence. See concurrent sentence.

SECURITY PERSONAL

1. The guarantee of a debtor to pledge payment of a debt. 2. The right that people have to be safe, secure and happy.

SLIP SHEET

the term that is given to a copy of a decision of the supreme court that is issued as soon as the decision was reached.

SIMULATED JUDGMENT

a judgement that appears to be in good faith but is actually for the purpose to defraud someone.

SURROGATE PARENT

the term applied to a parent who is not a natural parent of the child but assumes the role of.

SEAL PUBLIC

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

SWEATBOX

This term describes the situation where an accused is subjected to constant questioning, without being allowed to sleep, rest, drink or eat.

SPECIAL EXCEPTION

a term that is applied to the objection to the way that a cause of action is presented.

SYNONYMOUS

a term meaning to have the same ideas, the same meaning.

SECOND ARREST

a term that is used when a convict is rearrested after he has escaped.

SHREDDING

This means to tear up papers and documents into very small pieces that makes them impossible to read.

SERVICE OF PLEADING

a term for the formal delivery, to the plaintiff or his attorney of the answer to the charges.

SOLITARY CONFINEMENT

a term used in prisons when a person is placed away from other inmates. It is usually done for bad behaviour.

SHOOT

This si a term that describes using a firearm such as a gun, rifle, revolver and a person is hit by a bullet.

SEVERANCE OF PROSECUTION

This term applies to the separating into individual trials in a case where the defendant wants to turn state’s evidence or wants to be separated from the other defendants.

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