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SEISE

the term that is used for the legal title and ownership of property such as real estate.

SUPPRESS

This means to forbid or to prohibit or out an end to a thing that already exists and to keep evidence from being presented by making out it is irrelevant or gotten

STOCK BROKER

the title that is given to a person who buys and sells stocks for his clients.

SECONDHAND EVIDENCE

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

STATUTORY DISCOVERY

this is the remedy of discovery that is provided in an existing statute. See bill of discovery.

SOUND

1. To be free from defect, strong, competent and secure. 2. A noise.

STOCK CORPORATION

a corporation that issues shares to stockholders and pays dividends from profits.

SUPERIOR COURT

the name of a higher court than an inferior one but with less authority than an appeals court.

SPECIFIC BEQUEST

a legacy of a specified property or chattel to a particular person that is detailed in a will. See legacy, specific.

STATUTE SPECIAL

the name that is given to a personal or a special statute. See statute, personal.

SEARCH UNLAWFUL

a search that is conducted without legal authority and violates a person’s constitutional rights.

STATUTE CRIMINAL

an act of the ;legislative body that relates to crime and the various forms of punishment.

SECONDARY PARTY

a person who is obligated to pay the debt for a person who has failed to pay it.

SUFFICIENT EVIDENCE

a term that is used to describe the evidence that is adequate enough to justify the bringing of a law suit.

SEARCH AND SEIZURE

These are the methods used to detect an punish crime that includes searching and taking property and data that can be used by the prosecution of the criminal.

SECOND ARREST

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

SLANDEROUS PER QUOD

the name applied to statements that appear to be slanderous and defamatory but need to be proved to be so.

SEAT OF GOVERNMENT

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

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