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Sub potestate
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Sub potestateUnder or subject to the power of another; as, a wife is under the power of her hushand; a child subject to that of his father; a slave to that of his master.
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Subject
1) Contracts. The thing which is the object of an agreement. This term is used in the laws of Scotland. 2) Persons, government. An individual member of a nation, who is subject to the laws; this term is used in contradistiction to citizen, which is applied to the same individual when considering his political rights.
Power
This is either inherent or derivative. The former is the right, ability, or faculty of doing something, without receiving that right, ability, or faculty from another. The people have the power to establish a form of govemment, or to change one already established. A father has the legal power to chastise his son; a master, his apprentice.
Child
Generally, an unmarried person under 21 years of age who is: a child born in wedlock; a stepchild, provided that the child was under 18 years of age at the time that the marriage creating the stepchild relationship occurred; a legitimated child, provided that the child was legitimated while in the legal custody of the legitimating parent; a child born out of wedlock, when a benefit is sought on the basis of its relationship with its mother, or to its father if the father has or had a bona fide relationship with the child; a child adopted while under 16 years of age who has resided since adoption in the legal custody of the adopting parents for at least 2 years; or an orphan, under 16 years of age, who has been adopted abroad by a U.S. citizen or has an immediate-relative visa petition submitted in his/her behalf and is coming to the United States for adoption by a U.S. citizen.
Father
Domestic relations. He by whom a child is begotten.
Slave
A man who is by law deprived of his liberty for life, and becomes the property of another.
Master
"This word has several meanings. 1) Master is one who has control over a servant or apprentice. A master stands in relation to his apprentices, in loco parentis, and is bound to fulfil that relation, which the law generally enforces. He is also entitled to be obeyed by his apprentices, as if they were his children. 2) Master is one who is employed in teaching children, known generally as a schoolmaster; as to his powers 3) Master is the name of an officer: as, the ship Benjamin Franklin, whereof A B is master; the master of the rolls; master in chancery, &c .4) By master is also understood a principal who employs another to perform some act or do something for him. The law having adopted the maxim of the civil law, qui facit per alium facit per se; the agent is but an instrument, and the master is civilly responsible for the act of his agent, as if it were his own, when he either commands him to do an act, or puts him in a condition, of which such act is a result, or by the absence of due care and control, either previously in the choice of his agent, or immediately in the act itself, negligently suffers him to do an injury.
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Sub modo
Under a qualification; a legacy may be given sub modo, that is, subject to a condition or qualification.
Sub nomine
(United Kingdom) Under the name of.
Sub pede sigilli
Under the foot of the seal; under seal. This expression is used when it is required that a record should be certified under the seal of the court.
Sub silentio
Under silence, without any notice being taken. Sometimes passing a thing sub silentio is evidence of consent.
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Stuprum
Civil law. The criminal sexual intercourse which took place between a man and a single woman, maid or widow, who before lived honestly.
Sua sponte
A Latin term meaning "of one's own accord". The term is frequently used to refer to the right of a court to consider a legal issue "of its own motion", even if none of the parties have raised or addressed the issue in their written or oral pleadings.
Sub modo
Under a qualification; a legacy may be given sub modo, that is, subject to a condition or qualification.
Sub nomine
(United Kingdom) Under the name of.
Sub pede sigilli
Under the foot of the seal; under seal. This expression is used when it is required that a record should be certified under the seal of the court.
Sub potestate
Sub silentio
Under silence, without any notice being taken. Sometimes passing a thing sub silentio is evidence of consent.
Sub-agent
A person appointed by an agent to perform some duty, or the whole of the business relating to his agency.
Subaltern
A kind of officer who exercises his authority under the superintendence and control of a superior.
Subcontractor
Independent contractors may subcontract duties in the primary contract to another party. The subcontract is between the IC and the third party, and the IC remains obligated to the original contract party to perform the terms of the primary contract if the subcontractor does not perform. In that way, subcontracting differs from delegation.
Subdivide, to
To divide a part of a thing which has already been divided. For example, when a person dies leaving children, and grandchildren, the children of one of his own who is dead, his property is divided into as many shares as he had children, including the deceased, and the share of the deceased is subdivided into as many shares as he had children.
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Subject
1) Contracts. The thing which is the object of an agreement. This term is used in the laws of Scotland. 2) Persons, government. An individual member of a nation, who is subject to the laws; this term is used in contradistiction to citizen, which is applied to the same individual when considering his political rights.
Power
This is either inherent or derivative. The former is the right, ability, or faculty of doing something, without receiving that right, ability, or faculty from another. The people have the power to establish a form of govemment, or to change one already established. A father has the legal power to chastise his son; a master, his apprentice.
Child
Generally, an unmarried person under 21 years of age who is: a child born in wedlock; a stepchild, provided that the child was under 18 years of age at the time that the marriage creating the stepchild relationship occurred; a legitimated child, provided that the child was legitimated while in the legal custody of the legitimating parent; a child born out of wedlock, when a benefit is sought on the basis of its relationship with its mother, or to its father if the father has or had a bona fide relationship with the child; a child adopted while under 16 years of age who has resided since adoption in the legal custody of the adopting parents for at least 2 years; or an orphan, under 16 years of age, who has been adopted abroad by a U.S. citizen or has an immediate-relative visa petition submitted in his/her behalf and is coming to the United States for adoption by a U.S. citizen.
Father
Domestic relations. He by whom a child is begotten.
Slave
A man who is by law deprived of his liberty for life, and becomes the property of another.
Master
"This word has several meanings. 1) Master is one who has control over a servant or apprentice. A master stands in relation to his apprentices, in loco parentis, and is bound to fulfil that relation, which the law generally enforces. He is also entitled to be obeyed by his apprentices, as if they were his children. 2) Master is one who is employed in teaching children, known generally as a schoolmaster; as to his powers 3) Master is the name of an officer: as, the ship Benjamin Franklin, whereof A B is master; the master of the rolls; master in chancery, &c .4) By master is also understood a principal who employs another to perform some act or do something for him. The law having adopted the maxim of the civil law, qui facit per alium facit per se; the agent is but an instrument, and the master is civilly responsible for the act of his agent, as if it were his own, when he either commands him to do an act, or puts him in a condition, of which such act is a result, or by the absence of due care and control, either previously in the choice of his agent, or immediately in the act itself, negligently suffers him to do an injury.
SIMILAR TERMS--------------------------------------
Sub modo
Under a qualification; a legacy may be given sub modo, that is, subject to a condition or qualification.
Sub nomine
(United Kingdom) Under the name of.
Sub pede sigilli
Under the foot of the seal; under seal. This expression is used when it is required that a record should be certified under the seal of the court.
Sub silentio
Under silence, without any notice being taken. Sometimes passing a thing sub silentio is evidence of consent.
PREVIOUS AND NEXT TERMS--------------------------------------
Stuprum
Civil law. The criminal sexual intercourse which took place between a man and a single woman, maid or widow, who before lived honestly.
Sua sponte
A Latin term meaning "of one's own accord". The term is frequently used to refer to the right of a court to consider a legal issue "of its own motion", even if none of the parties have raised or addressed the issue in their written or oral pleadings.
Sub modo
Under a qualification; a legacy may be given sub modo, that is, subject to a condition or qualification.
Sub nomine
(United Kingdom) Under the name of.
Sub pede sigilli
Under the foot of the seal; under seal. This expression is used when it is required that a record should be certified under the seal of the court.
Sub potestate
Sub silentio
Under silence, without any notice being taken. Sometimes passing a thing sub silentio is evidence of consent.
Sub-agent
A person appointed by an agent to perform some duty, or the whole of the business relating to his agency.
Subaltern
A kind of officer who exercises his authority under the superintendence and control of a superior.
Subcontractor
Independent contractors may subcontract duties in the primary contract to another party. The subcontract is between the IC and the third party, and the IC remains obligated to the original contract party to perform the terms of the primary contract if the subcontractor does not perform. In that way, subcontracting differs from delegation.
Subdivide, to
To divide a part of a thing which has already been divided. For example, when a person dies leaving children, and grandchildren, the children of one of his own who is dead, his property is divided into as many shares as he had children, including the deceased, and the share of the deceased is subdivided into as many shares as he had children.
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