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Sponsor
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SponsorCivil law. He who intervenes for another voluntarily and without being requested. The engagement which he enters into is only accessory to the principal
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Civil
1) It is used in contradistinction to barbarous or savage, to indicate a state of society reduced to order and regular government; thus we speak of civil life, civil society, civil government, and civil liberty. 2) It is sometimes used in contradistinction to criminal, to indicate the private rights and remedies of men, as members of the community, in contrast to those which are public and relate to the government; thus we speak of civil process and criminal process, civil jurisdiction and criminal jurisdiction.
Law
A rule or body of rules of conduct inherent in human nature and essential to or binding upon human society. The learned profession that is mastered by graduate study in a law school and that is responsible for the judicial system.
Without
Pleading. This word is adopted in formal traverses, and is a negative signifying "and not for;" accordingly the language of the elder entries sometimes is, It et nemy pur tiel cause.
Engagement
This word is frequently used in the French law to signify not only a contract, but the obligations arising from a quasi contract.
Accessory
Property. Everything which is joined to another thing, as an ornament, or to render it more perfect, is an accessory, and belongs to the principal thing.
Principal
1) This word has several meanings. It is used in opposition to accessary, to show the degree of crime committed by two persons; thus, we say, the principal is more guilty than the accessary after the fact. 2) Contracts. One who, being competent to contract, and who is sui juris, employs another to do any act for his own benefit, or on his own account. 3) Criminal law. A principal is one who is the actor in the commission of a crime.
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Sponsalia
Sponsolia or stipulatio sponsolitia. A promise lawfully made between persons capable of marrying each other, that at some future time they will marry
Sponsions
International law. Agreements or engagements made by certain public officers, as generals or admirals, in time of war, either without author-ity, or by exceeding the limits of authority under which they purport to be made.
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Split custody
A form of custody in which the actual time of physical custody is split between both parents, which gives both parents the right to make decisions.
Splitting a cause of action
The bringing an action for only a part of the cause of action. This is not permitted either at law nor in equity.
Spoliation
1) English ecclesiastical law. The name of a suit sued out in the spiritual court to recover for the fruits of the church, or for the church itself. 2) Torts. Destruction of a thing by the act of a stranger; as, the erasure or alteration of a writing by the act of a stranger, is called spoliation. This has not the effect to destroy its character or legal effect.
Sponsalia
Sponsolia or stipulatio sponsolitia. A promise lawfully made between persons capable of marrying each other, that at some future time they will marry
Sponsions
International law. Agreements or engagements made by certain public officers, as generals or admirals, in time of war, either without author-ity, or by exceeding the limits of authority under which they purport to be made.
Sponsor
Spousal support
Money paid from one spouse to the other in one lump sum or in installments for a period of time. there are many factors considered. (see spousal support section in your state).
Spouse
Husband or wife.
Spring
A fountain.
Springing use
Estates. One to arise on a future event, when no preceding estate is limited, and does not take effect in derogation of any preceding interest. Example: a grant is made to A in fee, to the use of B in fee, after the fourth of July; no use arises till the limited period. The use in the mean time results to the grantor, who has a determinable fee.
Spy
One who goes into a place for the purpose of ascertaining the best way of doing an injury there.
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Civil
1) It is used in contradistinction to barbarous or savage, to indicate a state of society reduced to order and regular government; thus we speak of civil life, civil society, civil government, and civil liberty. 2) It is sometimes used in contradistinction to criminal, to indicate the private rights and remedies of men, as members of the community, in contrast to those which are public and relate to the government; thus we speak of civil process and criminal process, civil jurisdiction and criminal jurisdiction.
Law
A rule or body of rules of conduct inherent in human nature and essential to or binding upon human society. The learned profession that is mastered by graduate study in a law school and that is responsible for the judicial system.
Without
Pleading. This word is adopted in formal traverses, and is a negative signifying "and not for;" accordingly the language of the elder entries sometimes is, It et nemy pur tiel cause.
Engagement
This word is frequently used in the French law to signify not only a contract, but the obligations arising from a quasi contract.
Accessory
Property. Everything which is joined to another thing, as an ornament, or to render it more perfect, is an accessory, and belongs to the principal thing.
Principal
1) This word has several meanings. It is used in opposition to accessary, to show the degree of crime committed by two persons; thus, we say, the principal is more guilty than the accessary after the fact. 2) Contracts. One who, being competent to contract, and who is sui juris, employs another to do any act for his own benefit, or on his own account. 3) Criminal law. A principal is one who is the actor in the commission of a crime.
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Sponsalia
Sponsolia or stipulatio sponsolitia. A promise lawfully made between persons capable of marrying each other, that at some future time they will marry
Sponsions
International law. Agreements or engagements made by certain public officers, as generals or admirals, in time of war, either without author-ity, or by exceeding the limits of authority under which they purport to be made.
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Split custody
A form of custody in which the actual time of physical custody is split between both parents, which gives both parents the right to make decisions.
Splitting a cause of action
The bringing an action for only a part of the cause of action. This is not permitted either at law nor in equity.
Spoliation
1) English ecclesiastical law. The name of a suit sued out in the spiritual court to recover for the fruits of the church, or for the church itself. 2) Torts. Destruction of a thing by the act of a stranger; as, the erasure or alteration of a writing by the act of a stranger, is called spoliation. This has not the effect to destroy its character or legal effect.
Sponsalia
Sponsolia or stipulatio sponsolitia. A promise lawfully made between persons capable of marrying each other, that at some future time they will marry
Sponsions
International law. Agreements or engagements made by certain public officers, as generals or admirals, in time of war, either without author-ity, or by exceeding the limits of authority under which they purport to be made.
Sponsor
Spousal support
Money paid from one spouse to the other in one lump sum or in installments for a period of time. there are many factors considered. (see spousal support section in your state).
Spouse
Husband or wife.
Spring
A fountain.
Springing use
Estates. One to arise on a future event, when no preceding estate is limited, and does not take effect in derogation of any preceding interest. Example: a grant is made to A in fee, to the use of B in fee, after the fourth of July; no use arises till the limited period. The use in the mean time results to the grantor, who has a determinable fee.
Spy
One who goes into a place for the purpose of ascertaining the best way of doing an injury there.
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