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like "sea-shore" imports a tract of land below high-water mark. Church v. Meeker, 84 Conn 421. … [Read more...] about SEDGE FLAW

Also known as the SEC; it is the federal agency responsible for overseeing conformance with the law concerning the sale and issuance of securities, stocks, bonds and other corporate transactions and protecting the general public. … [Read more...] about SECURITIES EXCHANGE COMMISSION

An insurrectionary movement tending towards treason, but wanting an overt act; attempts made by meetings or speeches, or by publications, to disturb the tranquillity of the state. The distinction between "sedition" and "treason" consists in this: that though the ultimate object of sedition is a violation of the public peace, or at least such a course of measures as evidently … [Read more...] about SEDITION

Contract. That which renders a matter sure; an instrument which renders certain the performance of a contract. The term is also sometimes applied to designate a person who becomes the surety for another, or who engages himself for the performance of another's contract. Law Dictionary - Alternative Legal Definition Protection; assurance; indemnification. The term is usually … [Read more...] about SECURITY

To entice a woman to the commission of fornication or adultery, by persuasion, solicitation, promises, bribes, or otherwise: to corrupt; to debauch. The word "seduce," when used with reference to the conduct of a man towards a woman, has a precise and determinate signification, and "evi termini" implies the commission of fornication. An information for the crime of seduction … [Read more...] about SEDUCE