SUBORDINATE

One who ranks below, a lower level person or claim. A subordinate claim. A subordinate employee. … [Read more...] about SUBORDINATE

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...] about SUBNOTATIONS

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...] about SUBNERVARE

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

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