Legal Definitions Beginning with S
On this page, you'll find all 223 legal definitions we have in our dictionary that begin with the letter S.
- S Corporation
- Said
- Sale
- Salvage
- Sanction
- Satisfaction
- Satisfaction Of Judgment
- Satisfaction Of Mortgage
- Save Harmless
- Savings And Loan
- Scienter
- Scintilla
- Scope Of Employment
- Scrivener
- Seal
- Sealed Verdict
- Sealing Of Records
- Search
- Search And Seizure
- Search Warrant
- Second Degree Murder
- Secondary Boycott
- Secret Rebate
- Secured Debt
- Secured Transaction
- Securities
- Security Deposit
- Security Interest
- Sedition
- Seduction
- Seisin
- Seized
- Seizure
- Self-Dealing
- Self-Defense
- Self-Executing
- Self-Help
- Self-Incrimination
- Self-Serving
- Sell
- Seller
- Senior Lien
- Sentence
- Separate Property
- Separation
- Separation Agreement
- Sequester
- Sequestration
- Seriatim
- Servant
- Service
- Service By FAX
- Service By Mail
- Service By Publication
- Service Mark
- Service Of Process
- Services
- Servient Estate
- Session
- Set
- Set Aside
- Setoff
- Setting
- Settle
- Settlement
- Settlement Agreement
- Settlor
- Severability Clause
- Severable Contract
- Several Liability
- Severance
- Severance Pay
- Sex Offender
- Sexual Harassment
- Shall
- Share
- Share And Share Alike
- Shareholder
- Shareholders' Agreement
- Shareholders' Derivative Action
- Shareholders' Meeting
- Sharp Practice
- Shepardize
- Sheriff
- Sheriff's Sale
- Sherman Act
- Shield Laws
- Shifting The Burden Of Proof
- Short Cause
- Shortening Time
- Show Cause Order
- Sick Leave
- Sidebar
- Sign
- Silent Partner
- Similarly Situated
- Simple Trust
- Simultaneous Death Act
- Sine Qua Non
- Situs
- Slander
- Small Claims Court
- Social Security
- Sodomy
- Sole Proprietorship
- Solicitation
- Solicitor
- Solicitor General
- Solitary Confinement
- Solvency
- Sound Mind And Memory
- Sounds In
- Spam
- Speaking Demurrer
- Special
- Special Administrator
- Special Appearance
- Special Circumstances
- Special Damages
- Special Master
- Special Prosecutor
- Special Verdict
- Specific Bequest
- Specific Devise
- Specific Finding
- Specific Legacy
- Specific Performance
- Speculative Damages
- Speedy Trial
- Spendthrift Clause
- Spontaneous Exclamation
- Spot Zoning
- Spousal Support
- Springing Interest
- Stakeholder
- Standard Of Care
- Standing
- Star Chamber Proceedings
- Stare Decisis
- State
- State Action
- State Of Domicile
- Statement Of Cash Flows
- Status Conference
- Statute
- Statute Of Frauds
- Statute Of Limitations
- Statutory Offer Of Settlement
- Statutory Rape
- Stay
- Stay Away Order
- Stay Of Execution
- Stipulation
- Stock
- Stock Certificate
- Stock In Trade
- Stock Option
- Stockholder
- Stockholders' Derivative Action
- Stop And Frisk
- Straw Man
- Street
- Strict Construction
- Strict Liability
- Strike
- Structure
- Structured Settlement
- Sua Sponte
- Subchapter S Corporation
- Subcontractor
- Subject To
- Sublease
- Submitted
- Subordination
- Subordination Agreement
- Subornation Of Perjury
- Subpena
- Subpena Duces Tecum
- Subpoena
- Subrogation
- Subrogee
- Subrogor
- Subscribe
- Substantial Performance
- Substantive Law
- Substitute In
- Substituted Service
- Substitution
- Substitution Of Attorney
- Succession
- Successive Sentences
- Suffering
- Sui Generis
- Suicide
- Suit
- Sum Certain
- Summary Adjudication Of Issues
- Summary Judgment
- Summation
- Summons
- Superior Court
- Supersedeas
- Superseding Cause
- Supplemental
- Suppression Of Evidence
- Supra
- Supremacy Clause
- Supreme Court
- Surcharge
- Surety
- Surplusage
- Surrebutal
- Surrender
- Surrogate
- Surrogate Court
- Survivor
- Survivorship
- Suspect
- Suspended Sentence
- Sustain
- Swear
- Swindle
- Syndicate