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SUNSHINE LAWS

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Statutes providing public access to the meetings and records of governmental agencies. … [Read more...]

SUPERFICIES

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Lat. In the civil law. The alienation by the owner of the surface of the soil of all rights necessary for building on the surface, a yearly rent being generally reserved; also a building or erection. Superflua non nocent. Superfluities do not prejudice. Jenk. Cent 184. Surplusage does not vitiate. … [Read more...]

SUO MOTO

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Latin for on its own motion. When a court or a government entity takes an action on its own account and not as a result of a party asking or making a motion to move the court or the entity to act. … [Read more...]

SUPERFLUOUS LANDS

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In English law, are lands acquired by a railway company under its statutory powers, and not required for the purposes of its undertaking. The company is bound within a certain time to sell such lands, and, if it does not, they vest in and become the property of the owners, of the adjoining lands. Sweet … [Read more...]

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