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Sister
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SisterA woman who has the same father and mother with another, or has one of them only. In the first case she is called sister, simply; in the second, half sister.
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Father
Domestic relations. He by whom a child is begotten.
Mother
Domestic relations. A woman who has borne a child.
Case
1) Practice. A contested question before a court of justicea suit or action a cause. 2) An agreement in writing, between a plaintiff and defendant, that the facts in dispute between them are as there agreed upon and mentioned
Sister
A woman who has the same father and mother with another, or has one of them only. In the first case she is called sister, simply; in the second, half sister.
Second
A measure equal to one sixtieth part of a minute.
Half
One equal part of a thing divided into two parts, either in fact or in contemplation. A moiety. This word is used in composition; as, half cent, half dime.
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Sister (jail)
In the US penitentiary slang, a younger prisoner who trades sexual favors for protection.
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Single concepts
Single principles. The approach to conflict of laws where the solution to conflicts is found in one or a very few concepts or principles.
Single entry
A term used among merchants signifying that the entry is made to charge or to credit an individual or thing, without, at the same time, pre-senting any other part of the operation; it is used in contradistinction to double entry.
Singular
Construction. In grammar the singular is used to express only one,
Sinking fund
A fund arising from particular taxes, imposts, or duties, which is appropriated towards the payment of the interest due on a public loan and for the gradual payment of the principal.
Sire
A title of honor given to kings or emperors in speaking or writing to them.
Sister
Situs
Situation;, location.
Skeleton bill
com. law. A blank paper, properly stamped, in those countries where stamps are required, with the name of a person signed at the bottom.
Skill, contracts
contracts. The art of doing a thing as it ought to be done.
Slander
Torts. The defaming a man in his reputation by speaking or writing words which affect his life, office, or trade, or which tend to his loss of preferment in marriage or service, or in his inheritance, or which occasion any other particular damage. In England, if slander be spoken of a peer, or other great man, it is called Scandalum Magnatum.
Slanderer
Calumniator, who maliciously and without reason imputes a crime or fault to another, of which he is innocent.
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Father
Domestic relations. He by whom a child is begotten.
Mother
Domestic relations. A woman who has borne a child.
Case
1) Practice. A contested question before a court of justicea suit or action a cause. 2) An agreement in writing, between a plaintiff and defendant, that the facts in dispute between them are as there agreed upon and mentioned
Sister
A woman who has the same father and mother with another, or has one of them only. In the first case she is called sister, simply; in the second, half sister.
Second
A measure equal to one sixtieth part of a minute.
Half
One equal part of a thing divided into two parts, either in fact or in contemplation. A moiety. This word is used in composition; as, half cent, half dime.
SIMILAR TERMS--------------------------------------
Sister (jail)
In the US penitentiary slang, a younger prisoner who trades sexual favors for protection.
PREVIOUS AND NEXT TERMS--------------------------------------
Single concepts
Single principles. The approach to conflict of laws where the solution to conflicts is found in one or a very few concepts or principles.
Single entry
A term used among merchants signifying that the entry is made to charge or to credit an individual or thing, without, at the same time, pre-senting any other part of the operation; it is used in contradistinction to double entry.
Singular
Construction. In grammar the singular is used to express only one,
Sinking fund
A fund arising from particular taxes, imposts, or duties, which is appropriated towards the payment of the interest due on a public loan and for the gradual payment of the principal.
Sire
A title of honor given to kings or emperors in speaking or writing to them.
Sister
Situs
Situation;, location.
Skeleton bill
com. law. A blank paper, properly stamped, in those countries where stamps are required, with the name of a person signed at the bottom.
Skill, contracts
contracts. The art of doing a thing as it ought to be done.
Slander
Torts. The defaming a man in his reputation by speaking or writing words which affect his life, office, or trade, or which tend to his loss of preferment in marriage or service, or in his inheritance, or which occasion any other particular damage. In England, if slander be spoken of a peer, or other great man, it is called Scandalum Magnatum.
Slanderer
Calumniator, who maliciously and without reason imputes a crime or fault to another, of which he is innocent.
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