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SUBREPTION

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French law. By this word is understood the fraud committed to obtain a pardon, title, or grant, by alleging facts contrary to truth. … [Read more...]

SUBSTANCE

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evidence. That which is essential; it is used in opposition to form. 2. It is a general rule, that on any issue it is sufficient to prove the substance of the issue. For example, in a case where the defendant pleaded payment of the principal sum and all interest due, and it appeared in evidence that a gross sum was paid, not amounting to the full interest, but accepted by the … [Read more...]

SUBMORTGAGE

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When a person who holds a mortgage as security for a loan which he has made, procures a loan to himself from a third person, and pledges his mortgage as security, he effects what is called a "submortgage." … [Read more...]

SUBNERVARE

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To ham-string by cutting the sinews of the legs and thighs. It was an old custom mere trices et impudi-cas mulieres subnervare. Wharton. … [Read more...]

SUBNOTATIONS

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civ. law. The answers of the prince to questions which had been put to him respecting some obscure or doubtful point of law. Vide Rescripts. … [Read more...]

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