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SURRENDER OF TENANCY

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When a tenant leaves leased property and returns control to the landlord. … [Read more...]

SURVIVE

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To remain alive. Usually in reference to a survivor, one who survives and lives while another has died. … [Read more...]

SURETYSHIP

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(A) The practice of being a surety or guarantor on an agreement. (B) contracts. An accessory agreement by which a person binds himself for another already bound, either in whole or in part, as for his debt, default or miscarriage. 2. The person undertaken for must be liable as well as the person giving the promise, for otherwise the promise would be a principal and not a … [Read more...]

SURGEON

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One whose profession or occupation is to cure diseases or injuries of the body by manual operation; one whose occupation is to cure local injuries or disorders, whether by manual operation, or by medication and , constitutional treatment Webster. See Smith v. Lane, 24 Hun (N. Y.) 632; Stewart v. Raab, 55 Minn. 20, 56 N. W. 256-; Nelson v. State Board of Health 108 Ky. 769, 57 … [Read more...]

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