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pleading. The plaintiff's answer to the defendant's rejoinder. It is governed in every respect by the same rules as the replication. … [Read more...] about SUBREJOINDER

A corporation that is owned by another corporation (usually called the parent corporation.) Typically the parent corporation will control the subsidiary. … [Read more...] about SUBSIDIARY

(A) A yielding to authority. A citizen is bound to submit to the laws; a child to his parents; a servant to his master. A victor may enforce, the submission of his enemy. 2. When a captor has taken a prize, and the vanquished have submitted to his authority, the property, as between the belligerents, has been transferred. When there is complete possession on one side, and … [Read more...] about SUBMISSION

Typically refers to trial practice where a party has completed the submission of evidence and its argument and submits its case to the judge for a decision. Law Dictionary - Alternative Legal Definition To propound; as an advocate submits a proposition for the approval of the court. Applied to a controversy, it means to place it before a tribunal for determination. … [Read more...] about SUBMIT

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...] about SUBMORTGAGE