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Surrogate
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SurrogateIn some of the states, as in New Jersey, this is the name of an officer who has jurisdiction in granting letters testamentary and letters of administration.
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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.
Name
One or more words used to distinguish a particular individual, as Socrates, Benjamin Franklin.
Jurisdiction
Practice. A power constitutionally conferred upon a judge or magistrate, to take cognizance of, and decide causes according to law, and to carry his sentence into execution. The tract of land or district within which a judge or magistrate has jurisdiction, is called his territory, and his power in relation to his territory is called his territorial jurisdiction.
Testamentary
Belonging to a testament; as a testamentary gift; a testamen-tary guardian, or one appointed by will or testament; letters testamentary, or a writing under seal given by an officer lawfully authorized, granting power to one named as executor to execute a last will or testament.
Administration
Government. The management of the affairs of the government; this word is also applied to the persons entrusted with the management of the publio affairs.
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Surrebutal
Evidence the defendant can present to counter rebuttal evidence.
Surrebutter
Pleading. The plaintiff's answer to the defendant's rebutter is governed by the same rules as the replication.
Surrender
Estates, conveyancing. A yielding up of an estate for life or years to him who has an immediate estate in reversion or remainder, by which the lesser estate is merged in the greater by mutual agreement,
Surrender of criminals
The act by which the public authorities deliver a person accused of a crime, and who is found in their, jurisdiction, to the authorities within whose jurisdiction it is alleged the crime has been committed.
Surrenderee
One to whom a surrender has been made.
Surrenderor
One who makes a surren der; as when the tenant gives up the estate and cancels his lease before the expiration of the term; one who yields up a freehold estate for the purpose of conveying it.
Surreptitious
That which is done in a fraudulent stealthy manner.
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Surrender
Estates, conveyancing. A yielding up of an estate for life or years to him who has an immediate estate in reversion or remainder, by which the lesser estate is merged in the greater by mutual agreement,
Surrender of criminals
The act by which the public authorities deliver a person accused of a crime, and who is found in their, jurisdiction, to the authorities within whose jurisdiction it is alleged the crime has been committed.
Surrenderee
One to whom a surrender has been made.
Surrenderor
One who makes a surren der; as when the tenant gives up the estate and cancels his lease before the expiration of the term; one who yields up a freehold estate for the purpose of conveying it.
Surreptitious
That which is done in a fraudulent stealthy manner.
Surrogate
Surveillance
Gathering evidence through observation from outside of the operation (contrasted with Undercover). Surveillance can be Moving Surveillance, Stationary Surveillance or Electronic Surveillance. Also known as Spying or Eavesdropping.
Survey
The act by which the quantity of a piece of land is ascertained; the paper containing a statement of the courses, distances, and quantity of land, is also called a survey.
Survivor
The longest liver of two or more persons.
Sus' per coll'
EngI. law. In the English practice, a calendar is made out of attainted criminals, and the judge signs the calendar with their separate judgments in the margin. In the case of a capital felony. it is written opposite the prisoner's name, "let him be hanged by the neck," which, when the proceedings were in Latin, was, "suspendatur per collum," or, in the abbreviated form, "sus' per coll'."
Suspect
1) The target of the fraud Investigation. 2) To place under suspicion of wrongdoing.
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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.
Name
One or more words used to distinguish a particular individual, as Socrates, Benjamin Franklin.
Jurisdiction
Practice. A power constitutionally conferred upon a judge or magistrate, to take cognizance of, and decide causes according to law, and to carry his sentence into execution. The tract of land or district within which a judge or magistrate has jurisdiction, is called his territory, and his power in relation to his territory is called his territorial jurisdiction.
Testamentary
Belonging to a testament; as a testamentary gift; a testamen-tary guardian, or one appointed by will or testament; letters testamentary, or a writing under seal given by an officer lawfully authorized, granting power to one named as executor to execute a last will or testament.
Administration
Government. The management of the affairs of the government; this word is also applied to the persons entrusted with the management of the publio affairs.
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Surrebutal
Evidence the defendant can present to counter rebuttal evidence.
Surrebutter
Pleading. The plaintiff's answer to the defendant's rebutter is governed by the same rules as the replication.
Surrender
Estates, conveyancing. A yielding up of an estate for life or years to him who has an immediate estate in reversion or remainder, by which the lesser estate is merged in the greater by mutual agreement,
Surrender of criminals
The act by which the public authorities deliver a person accused of a crime, and who is found in their, jurisdiction, to the authorities within whose jurisdiction it is alleged the crime has been committed.
Surrenderee
One to whom a surrender has been made.
Surrenderor
One who makes a surren der; as when the tenant gives up the estate and cancels his lease before the expiration of the term; one who yields up a freehold estate for the purpose of conveying it.
Surreptitious
That which is done in a fraudulent stealthy manner.
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Surrender
Estates, conveyancing. A yielding up of an estate for life or years to him who has an immediate estate in reversion or remainder, by which the lesser estate is merged in the greater by mutual agreement,
Surrender of criminals
The act by which the public authorities deliver a person accused of a crime, and who is found in their, jurisdiction, to the authorities within whose jurisdiction it is alleged the crime has been committed.
Surrenderee
One to whom a surrender has been made.
Surrenderor
One who makes a surren der; as when the tenant gives up the estate and cancels his lease before the expiration of the term; one who yields up a freehold estate for the purpose of conveying it.
Surreptitious
That which is done in a fraudulent stealthy manner.
Surrogate
Surveillance
Gathering evidence through observation from outside of the operation (contrasted with Undercover). Surveillance can be Moving Surveillance, Stationary Surveillance or Electronic Surveillance. Also known as Spying or Eavesdropping.
Survey
The act by which the quantity of a piece of land is ascertained; the paper containing a statement of the courses, distances, and quantity of land, is also called a survey.
Survivor
The longest liver of two or more persons.
Sus' per coll'
EngI. law. In the English practice, a calendar is made out of attainted criminals, and the judge signs the calendar with their separate judgments in the margin. In the case of a capital felony. it is written opposite the prisoner's name, "let him be hanged by the neck," which, when the proceedings were in Latin, was, "suspendatur per collum," or, in the abbreviated form, "sus' per coll'."
Suspect
1) The target of the fraud Investigation. 2) To place under suspicion of wrongdoing.
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