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SOCIAL SECURITY

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A social insurance program funded by payroll taxes called Federal Insurance Contributions Act (FICA). The primary part of the program is called OASDI (Old Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance) or RSDI (Retirement, Survivors, and Disability Insurance) and provides payment benefits for retirement, disability, survivorship, and death to the public. … [Read more...]

SOCOME

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A custom of grinding corn at the lord's mill. Cowell. Bond-socome la where the tenants are bound to It Blount … [Read more...]

SODOMITE

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One who his been guilty of sodomy. Formerly such offender was punished with great severity, and was deprived of the power of making a will. … [Read more...]

SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBER

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Commonly abbreviated as SSN; a person's 9 digit number assigned by the Social Security Administration which accurately records wages or self-employment earnings and used for social security benefits. … [Read more...]

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