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SURVIVORS BENEFITS

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Money available to a surviving spouse and the children of a deceased worker who qualified for Social Security retirement or disability benefits. … [Read more...]

SUTHDURE

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The south door of a church, where canonical purgation was performed, and plaints, etc., were heard and determined. Wharton. … [Read more...]

SURREPTITIOUS

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That which is done in a fraudulent stealthy manner. Stealthily or fraudulently done, taken away, or introduced. … [Read more...]

SURROGATE

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A person (or sometimes the court) that acts on behalf or instead (in place of) another person or party, e.g. a surrogate adoption. Law Dictionary - Alternative Legal Definition In English law. One that is substituted or appointed in the room of another, as by a bishop, chancellor, judge etc.; especially an officer appointed to dispense licenses to marry without banns. 2 Steph. … [Read more...]

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