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SUBJECTIVE ERROR
Error that is the result of bias or prejudice of an individual opinion. … [Read more...] about SUBJECTIVE ERROR
SUBPENSIVE CONDITION
One which prevents a contract from going into operation until it has been fulfilled; as if I promise to pay you one thousand dollars on condition that the ship Thomas Jefferson shall arrive from Havre, the contract is suspended until the arrival of the ship. … [Read more...] about SUBPENSIVE CONDITION
SUBJECT-MATTE
The cause, the object, the thing in dispute. 2. It is a fatal objection to the jurisdiction of the court when it has not cognizance of the subject-matter of the action; as, if a cause exclusively of admiralty jurisdiction were brought in a court of common law, or a criminal proceeding in a court having jurisdiction of civil cases only. … [Read more...] about SUBJECT-MATTE
SUBPOENA
(A) practice, evidence. A process to cause a witness to appear and give testimony, commanding him to lay aside all pretences and excuses, and appear before a court or magistrate therein named, at a time therein mentioned, to testify for the party named, under a penalty therein mentioned. This is usually called a subpoena ad testificandum. 2. On proof of service of a subpoena … [Read more...] about SUBPOENA