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Latin: Site; position; location; the place where a thing is, considered, for example, with reference to jurisdiction over it or the right or power to tax it. Sive tota res evincatur, sive pars, habet regressum emptor in venditorem. The purchaser who has been evicted in whole or in part has an action against the vendor. Dig. 21, 2, 1; Broom, Max. 768. … [Read more...] about SITUS

contracts. A writing by which one person or more, promises to another or others, to pay him or them a sum of money at a time therein specified, without any condition. It is usually under seal; and when so, it is sometimes, if not commonly, called a bill obligatory. 2. It differs from a promissory note in this, that the latter is always payable to order; and from a bond, because … [Read more...] about SINGLE BILL

Structured investment vehicle … [Read more...] about SIV

This word is often used to denote a partial resemblance only; but it is also often used to denote sameness in all essential particulars. Thus, a statutory provision in relation to "previous conviction of a similar offense" may mean conviction of an offense Identical in kind Com. v. Fontaln, 127 Mass. 454. … [Read more...] about SIMILAR

Lat. Together and at one time. … [Read more...] about SIMUL ET SEMEL