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SUE

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To prosecute by law; to commence legal proceedings against a party. It is applied almost exclusively to the institution and prosecution of a civil action. Sue out. To obtain by application; to petition for and take out. Properly the term is applied only to the obtaining and issuing of such process as is only accorded npon an application first made: but conventionally it is also … [Read more...] about SUE

SUERTE

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In Spanish law. A small lot of ground. Particularly, such a lot within the limits of a city or .town used for cultivation or pianting as a garden, vineyard or orchard. Building lots in towns and cities are called "solares." Hart v. Burnett, 15 Cal. … [Read more...] about SUERTE

SUFFER

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To suffer an act to be done, by a person who can prevent it, is to permit or consent to it; to approve of it, and not to hinder it. It Implies a willingness of the mind. See In re Rome Planing Mill (C. C.) 96 Fed. 815; Wilson v. Nelson, 183 U. S. 191, 22 Sup. Ct. 74, 46 L. Ed. 147; Selleck v. Selleck, 19 Conn. 505; Gregory v. U. S., 10 Fed. Cas. 1197; In re Thomas (D. C.) 103 … [Read more...] about SUFFER

SUFFERANCE

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Toleration; negative permission by not forbidding; passive consent ; license implied from the omission or neglect to enforce an adverse right. Sufferance wharves. In English law. These are wharves in which goods may be landed before any duty is paid. They are appointed for the purpose by the commissioners of the customs. 2 Steph. Comm. 500, note. … [Read more...] about SUFFERANCE