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Supremacy
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SupremacySovereign dominion, authority, and preeminence; the highest state. In the United States, the supremacy resides in the people, and is exercises by their constitutional representatives, the president and congress.
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Sovereign
1) A chief ruler with supreme power; one possessing sovereignty. It is also applied to a king or other magistrate with limited powers. 2) English law. The name of a gold coin of Great Britain of the value of one pound sterling.
Dominion
The right of the owner of a thing to use it or dispose of it at his pleasure.
Authority
Government. The right and power which an officer has in the exercise of a public function to compel obedience to his lawful commands.
State
1) Government. In its most enlarged sense, it signifies a self-sufficient body of persons united together in one community for the defence of their rights, and to do right and justice to foreigners. In this sense, the state means the whole people united into one body politic; and the state, and the people of the state, are equivalent expressions. 2) Condition of persons. This word has various acceptations. If we inquire into its origin, it will be found to come from the Latin status, which is derived from the verb stare, sto, whence has been made statio, which signifies the place where a person is located, stat, to fulfil the obligations which are imposed upon him.
States
By this name are understood in some countries, the assembly of the different orders of the people to regulate the affairs of the commonwealth, as, the states general.
Supremacy
Sovereign dominion, authority, and preeminence; the highest state. In the United States, the supremacy resides in the people, and is exercises by their constitutional representatives, the president and congress.
People
A state.
Constitutional
Pertaining to the Constitution, the country's main and highest piece of legislation.
President
An officer of a company who is to direct the manner in which business is to be transacted. From the decision of the president there is an appeal to the body over which he presides.
Congress
Med. juris. This name was anciently given in France, England, and other countries, to the-indecent intercourse between married persons, in the presence of witnesses appointed by the courts, in cases when the husband or wife was charged by the other with impotence.
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Supra protest
Under protest. Vide Acceptance supra protest; dcceptor supra protest; Bills of Exchange.
Supreme
That which is superior to all other things; as the supreme power of the state, which is an authority over all others. The supreme court, which is superior to all other courts.
Supreme Court
A supreme court in some countries, provinces, and states, represents the highest court in that jurisdiction and it is considered as a court of last resort whose rulings cannot be appealed.
Supreme court
The court of the highest jurisdiction in the United States, having appellate jurisdiction over all the other courts of the United. States, is so called. Its powers are examined under the article Courts of the United States.
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Support
The right of support is an easement which one man, either by contract or prescription, enjoys, to rest the joists or timbers of his house upon the wall of an adjoining building, owned by another person.
Support trust
A trust that instructs the trustee to spend only as much income and principal (the assets held in the trust) as needed for the beneficiary's support.
Suppress
To forbid the use of evidence at a trial because t is improper or was improperly obtained.
Suppressio veri
Cocealment of truth.
Supra protest
Under protest. Vide Acceptance supra protest; dcceptor supra protest; Bills of Exchange.
Supremacy
Supreme
That which is superior to all other things; as the supreme power of the state, which is an authority over all others. The supreme court, which is superior to all other courts.
Supreme court
The court of the highest jurisdiction in the United States, having appellate jurisdiction over all the other courts of the United. States, is so called. Its powers are examined under the article Courts of the United States.
Sur
A French word which signifies upon, on. It is very frequently used in connexion with other words as, sur rule to take deposition, sur trover and conversion, and the like.
Sur cui ante divortium
The name of a writ issued in favor of the heir of the wife, where the hushand alienated the wife's lands, during the coverture, and afterwards they were divorced and she died, to recover the lands from the alienee.
Surcharge
Chancery practice. When a bill is filed to open an account, stated, liberty is sometimes given to the plaintiff to surcharge and falsify such account. That is, to examine not only errors of fact, but errors of law.
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Sovereign
1) A chief ruler with supreme power; one possessing sovereignty. It is also applied to a king or other magistrate with limited powers. 2) English law. The name of a gold coin of Great Britain of the value of one pound sterling.
Dominion
The right of the owner of a thing to use it or dispose of it at his pleasure.
Authority
Government. The right and power which an officer has in the exercise of a public function to compel obedience to his lawful commands.
State
1) Government. In its most enlarged sense, it signifies a self-sufficient body of persons united together in one community for the defence of their rights, and to do right and justice to foreigners. In this sense, the state means the whole people united into one body politic; and the state, and the people of the state, are equivalent expressions. 2) Condition of persons. This word has various acceptations. If we inquire into its origin, it will be found to come from the Latin status, which is derived from the verb stare, sto, whence has been made statio, which signifies the place where a person is located, stat, to fulfil the obligations which are imposed upon him.
States
By this name are understood in some countries, the assembly of the different orders of the people to regulate the affairs of the commonwealth, as, the states general.
Supremacy
Sovereign dominion, authority, and preeminence; the highest state. In the United States, the supremacy resides in the people, and is exercises by their constitutional representatives, the president and congress.
People
A state.
Constitutional
Pertaining to the Constitution, the country's main and highest piece of legislation.
President
An officer of a company who is to direct the manner in which business is to be transacted. From the decision of the president there is an appeal to the body over which he presides.
Congress
Med. juris. This name was anciently given in France, England, and other countries, to the-indecent intercourse between married persons, in the presence of witnesses appointed by the courts, in cases when the husband or wife was charged by the other with impotence.
SIMILAR TERMS--------------------------------------
Supra protest
Under protest. Vide Acceptance supra protest; dcceptor supra protest; Bills of Exchange.
Supreme
That which is superior to all other things; as the supreme power of the state, which is an authority over all others. The supreme court, which is superior to all other courts.
Supreme Court
A supreme court in some countries, provinces, and states, represents the highest court in that jurisdiction and it is considered as a court of last resort whose rulings cannot be appealed.
Supreme court
The court of the highest jurisdiction in the United States, having appellate jurisdiction over all the other courts of the United. States, is so called. Its powers are examined under the article Courts of the United States.
PREVIOUS AND NEXT TERMS--------------------------------------
Support
The right of support is an easement which one man, either by contract or prescription, enjoys, to rest the joists or timbers of his house upon the wall of an adjoining building, owned by another person.
Support trust
A trust that instructs the trustee to spend only as much income and principal (the assets held in the trust) as needed for the beneficiary's support.
Suppress
To forbid the use of evidence at a trial because t is improper or was improperly obtained.
Suppressio veri
Cocealment of truth.
Supra protest
Under protest. Vide Acceptance supra protest; dcceptor supra protest; Bills of Exchange.
Supremacy
Supreme
That which is superior to all other things; as the supreme power of the state, which is an authority over all others. The supreme court, which is superior to all other courts.
Supreme court
The court of the highest jurisdiction in the United States, having appellate jurisdiction over all the other courts of the United. States, is so called. Its powers are examined under the article Courts of the United States.
Sur
A French word which signifies upon, on. It is very frequently used in connexion with other words as, sur rule to take deposition, sur trover and conversion, and the like.
Sur cui ante divortium
The name of a writ issued in favor of the heir of the wife, where the hushand alienated the wife's lands, during the coverture, and afterwards they were divorced and she died, to recover the lands from the alienee.
Surcharge
Chancery practice. When a bill is filed to open an account, stated, liberty is sometimes given to the plaintiff to surcharge and falsify such account. That is, to examine not only errors of fact, but errors of law.
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