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(A) To sign up or order something (shares of stock, a magazine) with a promise to pay for the order. (B) To sign a document. In the law of contracts. To write under; to write the name under; to write the name at the bottom or end of a writing. … [Read more...] about SUBSCRIBE

Evidence that is sufficient and adequate to support the proposition that the evidence is supporting. … [Read more...] about SUBSTANTIAL EVIDENCE

(A) contracts. The thing which is the object of an agreement. This term is used in the laws of Scotland. (B) persons, government. An individual member of a nation, who is subject to the laws; this term is used in contradistiction to citizen, which is applied to the same individual when considering his political rights. 2. In monarchical governments, by subject is meant one who … [Read more...] about SUBJECT

In criminal law. To procure another to commit perjury. … [Read more...] about SUBORN

Authority or power over a type of event or legal questions that may be involved in a case, e.g. a divorce court is a civil court of limited jurisdiction and is not empowered to adjudicate a case involving criminal matters and punishment. … [Read more...] about SUBJECT MATTER JURISDICTION