Day: June 23, 2016

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Surety – This term refers to the legal figure of a person who has pledged him or herself to pay back money or perform a certain action if the principal to a contract fails, as collateral, and as part of…

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Supreme court – this is how is called the final court of appeal – in some countries within the European Legal system, this is the 3rd (i.e. the highest and final) instance court for hearing cases. After appeals are done,…

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Supremacy – this term literally means “an advantage”. It basically refers to the priority to perform certain legal action before other parties do so. Also “precendence” could mean a major position, compared to the position of another party. Synonyms are…

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Support – it is a synonym of the maintenance, which represents an obligation of one person to contribute, in part or in whole, to the cost of living of another person. Somewhere known also as “alimony”.

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Supplement – this legal term finds application in the Law of Contracts, where usually refers to an appendix to an agreement, an attachment to it. For example, a snagging list attached to private purchase contract for real estate, represents a…

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Supervision order – this legal term finds usage in the Family Law in some jurisdictions, where refers to a court order detailing that a chilf should be supervised by appointed person or Social Authority.

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Supervised release – this term finds usage in the Correctin procedures, where usually refers to the time of supervision after a person is released from jail. Supervised release with a court order does not replace a portion of the sentence…

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Superiority – this term literally means “an advantage”. It basically refers to the priority to perform certain legal action before other parties do so. Also “precendence” could mean a major position, compared to the position of another party. Synonyms are…