Barrenness; incapacity to produce a child. It is curable and incurable; when of the latter kind, at the time of the marriage, and arising from impotency, it is a good cause for dissolving a marriage. … [Read more...] about STERILITY
STERILITY
STERE
A French measure of solidity, used in measuring wood. It is a cubic meter. … [Read more...] about STERE
STERBRECHE, OR STREBRICH
The breaking, obstructing, or straitening of a way. Termes de la Ley. … [Read more...] about STERBRECHE, OR STREBRICH
STEP-SON
The son of one's wife by a former husband, or of one's husband by a former wife. … [Read more...] about STEP-SON
STEPPED-UP BASIS
A tax term that determines profit and loss for a property that is sold. When a person inherits property that has increased in value over the cost of the property to the deceased, the new property owner's cost or tax basis is the market value of the property at the time of the death of the decedent. The stepped up basis is beneficial to the new owner since the profit on the sale … [Read more...] about STEPPED-UP BASIS