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  • SUBSCRIPTIO.
    Lat In the civil law. A writing under, or under-writing; a writing of the name under or at the bottom of an instrument by way of attestation or ratification; subscription. That kind of imperial constitution-which was granted in answer to the prayer of a petitioner who was present. Calvin.
  • SUBSELLIA
    Lat In Roman law. Lower seats or benches, occupied by the indices and by Inferior magistrates when they sat in judgment as distinguished from the tribunal of the pnetor. Calvin. Subseqnens matrimoninm tollit peeea-tnm prssoodens. A subsequent marriage [of the parties] removes a previous fault * e., previous illicit intercourse, More...
  • SUBSEQUENT CONDITION
    See CONDITION.
  • SUBSCRIPTION
    The act of writing one's name under a written instrument; the affixing one's signature to any document whether for the purpose of authenticating ov attesting it, of adopting its terms as one's own expressions, or of binding one's self by an engagement which it contains. Subscription is the act of More...
  • SUBSIDY
    In English law. An aid, tax, or tribute granted by parliament to the king for the urgent occasions of the kingdom, to be levied on every subject of ability, according to the value of his lands or goods. Jacob. In American law. A grant of money made by government In More...
  • SUBSTANCE
    Essence; the material or essential part of a thing, as distinguished from "form." See State v. Burgdoerfer, 107 Mo. 1, 17 S. W. 646, 14 L, R. A. 846; Hugo v. Miller, 50 Minn. 105, 52 N. W. 381: Plerson v. Insurance Co., 7 Houst. (Del.) 307, 31 Atl. 966.
  • SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGES
    A sum, assessed by way of damages, which Is worth having; opposed to nominal damages, which are assessed to satisfy a bare legal rigbt. Wharton.
  • SUBSTANTIVE LAW
    That part of the law which the courts are established to administer, as opposed to the rules according to which the substantive law Itself is administered. Thrt part of the law which creates, defines, and regulates rights, as opposed to adjective or remedial law, which prescribes the method of enforcing More...
  • SUBSTITUTE
    One appointed in the place or stead of another, to transact business for him; a proxy. A person hired by one who has been drafted into the military service of the country, to go to the front and serve In the army In his stead.
  • SUBSTITUTED EXECUTOR
    One appointed to act in the place of another executor upon the happening of a certain event; e. p., if the latter should refuse the office.
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