Category: S

1. Supply a means of survival and livelihood. 2. The obligation to provide for your family.

a term that applies to a decline in a person’s mental faculties that is often occasioned by old age.

the law that stays in effect permanently and with no limit to when it will no longer be in effect.

a phrase that describes a violent act that is committed without any premeditation but in a circumstance of great emotional disturbance.

a situation where there are no known claimants or heirs to property left by a deceased person.

extra material that is presented at an equity trial that supports a cause of action or defence or will correct a defect in an original cause of action or defence. See equity.

the term used for buying securities from insider information giving a favourable position that is not granted to the public.

the term used for the land that is between the low and the high watermarks, land bordering lakes, rivers, seas, etc.

These are the rights that are granted to a person or a group of people that may not be granted to everyone universally.

a term that is used for the annulment of a court decision that is often made by a higher court.

term that describes the situation of a husband and wife living apart without having a legal cause.

a term that is used for approving a bill of exceptions. See bill of exception.

a term when 2 or more people are being charged with the same offense and one of the defendant’s asks for a separate defence from the other defendants.

the term given to the explanation in a statute of confusing or an ambiguous provision in an earlier statute.

the power that is given to an agent to carry out certain acts that he has been authorised to carry out.

1. To seek or to plead, to entreat and ask. 2. To lure or tempt a person.

the name applied to a pleading beyond the denial of the plaintiff’s charges that can include justification for an action.

a lawsuit that will be determined according to the judgement of the court as to what is fair and equitable.

a planned attempt to deceive and cheat and a conspiracy to carry out a fraud.

a state of sudden agitation that is brought on by an emotional upheaval.