(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...] about SURETYSHIP
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SUPPLIANT
The actor in, or party preferring, a petition of right … [Read more...] about SUPPLIANT
SUPREMACY CLAUSE
The clause in Article IV of the U.S. Constitution which declares that the laws promulgated by the federal government are the supreme law of the land and are paramount to all state laws. Provision under Article IV, Section 2 of the U.S. Constitution, providing that federal law is superior to and overrides state law when they conflict. … [Read more...] about SUPREMACY CLAUSE
SUPPLICATIO
Latin: In the civil law. A petition for pardon of a first offense; also a petition for reversal of judgment; also equivalent to "duplication which corresponds to the common law rejoinder. Calvin. … [Read more...] about SUPPLICATIO
SUPREME
The most powerful, most important, the highest. That which is superior to all other things; as the supreme power of the state, which is an authority over all others. … [Read more...] about SUPREME