Law Dictionary

The term “substantially transformed” means a component of a railroad freight car that undergoes an applicable change in tariff classification as a result of the manufacturing proce

The term “substantially underserved trust area” means a community in “trust land” (as defined in section 3765 of title 38) with respect to which the Secretary determines has a high

The term "substantial misrepresentation" means misrepresentation in which the person to whom it was made could reasonably be expected to rely, or has reasonably relied, t

For purposes of subsection (b)(9), the term “substantial owner” means an individual who, at any time during the 60-month period ending on the date the determination is being made—

the term “substantial part” means a part of a group of such numerical significance that the destruction or loss of that part would cause the destruction of the group as a viable en

Substantial performance, it is true, is all that is required to satisfy any such agreement, and it may also be conceded that in the adjudication of controversies growing out of bui

the child up to the head." He consequently denies the statute's application where the physician introduces into the birth canal a fetal arm or leg or anything less than the entire

For purposes of this section, the term “substantial product hazard” means— (1) a failure to comply with an applicable consumer product safety rule under this chapter or a similar r

The term “substantial rehabilitation” means the rehabilitation of residential property at an average cost in excess of $25,000 per dwelling unit.

a particular class of rights which are essential to a fair trial and argue that errors which "affect" these rights cannot be disregarded on appeal.

The term “substantial United States owner” means— (i) with respect to any corporation, any specified United States person which owns, directly or indirectly, more than 10 percent o

In this section, the term “substantiated” has the meaning given the term under section 1631(c) of the Ike Skelton National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2011 ( 10 U.S.C

Dependent upon itself. State v. Ricker, 29 Me. 89. The positive law of duties and rights is commonly called Substantive Law; procedure, considered in its relation to substantive la

that every punitive award unreasonably imposed is unconstitutional; such an award is by definition excessive, since it attaches a penalty to conduct undeserving of punishment.

that adduced for the purpose of proving a fact in issue, as opposed to evidence given for the purpose of discrediting a witness, (i. e., showing that he is unworthy of belief.) or

That portion of the body of the law which contains the rights and duties and the regulations of government, as opposed to that part which contains the rules and remedies by which t

The obligation laid upon the shareholders by the Maryland Constitution, though susceptible of legislative and judicial regulation in respect of the mode of its enforcement, was a s

This provision is one of substantive right, setting a limit to the existence of the obligation which the Act creates.

not only "rights sought to be adjudicated by the litigants" but also "general principiéis]" or "question[s] of public policy that the legislature is able to pass upon," "id., "at 2

The right to manufacture, the right to sell, and the right to use are each substantive rights, and may be granted or conferred separately by the patentee.

The term “substate area” means that geographic area in a State established pursuant to section 1661a(a) of this title.

The term “substate grantee” means that agency or organization selected to administer programs pursuant to section 1661a(b) of this title.

That part of law which creates and defines rights; not adjective.

(Civil Law) One to whom an “institute” appointed by will is by the will directed to transfer property by the will devised to him. See Heir institute .

The term “substitute check” means a paper reproduction of the original check that— (A) contains an image of the front and back of the original check; (B) bears a MICR line containi

The term “substituted basis property” means property which is— (A) transferred basis property, or (B) exchanged basis property.

One appointed to act in the place of another executor, upon the happening of a certain event.

Its adequacy so far as due process is concerned is dependent on whether or not the form of substituted service provided for such cases and employed is reasonably calculated to give

the enforced acceptance of the service of process on a state officer by the defendant would not be fair or due process unless such officer or the plaintiff is required to mail the

For purposes of this subsection, the term “substitute mortgagor” means a person who, upon the release by a mortgagee of a previous mortgagor from personal liability on the mortgage

the requirements of the Fourteenth Amendment, so far as now invoked, are satisfied if the substitute remedy is substantial and efficient.

In Scotch law. Where an estate is settled on a long series of heirs, substituted one after another, in tailzie, the person first called in the tailzies is the institute; the rest t

Lat In Roman law, it was competent for a testator after instituting a hæres (called the "hæres institutus") to substitute another (called the "hœres substitutus") in his place in a

In Civil Law. The putting of one person in the place of another, so that he may, in default of ability in the former, or after him, have the benefit of a devise or legacy. Direct s

or SUBSTITUTIONary. Where a will contains a gift of property to a class of persons, with a clause providing that, on the death of a member of the class before the period of distrib

Where a will contains a glft of property to a class of persens, with a clause providing that on the death of a member of the class before the period of distribution his Share is to

A person nominated by the testator to be executor in the event that the person primarily nominated shall fail to qualify or cease to act.

the mere substitution of equivalents which do substantially the same thing in the same way, even though better results may be produced, is not such an invention as will sustain a p

unless more ingenuity and skill in applying the old method of fastening the shank and the knob were required in the application of it to the clay or porcelain knob than were posses

i A putting of one person in the In the civU law. The appointment of one another, in the event of the first not taking.

In French law. The fraudulent appropriation of any property, but particularly of the goods of a decedent's estate.

At his own risk.

The term “subsystem” means a functional grouping of items that combine to perform a major function within an end item, such as electrical power, attitude control, and propulsion. /

An under tenant. SUBTRACTION (Lat. sub, away, traho, to draw). The act of withholding or detaining anything unlawfully., In French law. The act of taking something fraudulently. It

a scheme, plan, stratagem, or artifice of evasion.

“subterminal facility” means any facility that is located in the area of production or consumption of agricultural commodities or any major storage or major export point for such c

Underground waters flowing in a distinct, well-defined and permanent channel. See 37 Fla. 586, 53 Am. St. Rep. '262, 33 L. R. A. 376, 20 South. 780.

Waters which lie wholly beneath the surface of the ground, and which either ooze and seep through the subsurface strata without pursuing any defined course or channel, (percolating

The unlawful detention or withholding of a chattel.

The act of a husband or wife living separately from the other without a lawful cause. 3 Bl. Comm. 94. SUBVASSORES (Law Lat.) In old Scotch law. Base holders; inferior holders; they

Lat In old English law. Husbandmen.

subvalvassores, I. I In old Scots law. Base holders; inferior holders.

A subsidy; a grant, usually from the government. See Subsidy.

When used in subdivision 2 of § 3022, the word has a very definite meaning, namely, an organization that teaches and advocates the overthrow of government by force or violence.

any organization which engages in or advocates, abets, advises, or teachers, or a purpose of which is to engage in or advocate, abet, advise, or teach activities intended to overth

any person who commits, attempts to commit, or aids in the commission, or advocates, abets, advises or teaches by any means any person to commit, attempt to commit, or aid in the c

To overthrow, overturn. All allegation that a defendant subverted the water from a well, does not charge him with corrupting the water. " Subvert " has no such natural meaning when

Under the word or title.

It is difficult to give concise definitions of succeed, and of its derivatives, succession and successor, which shall embody the various meanings in which they are used, yet proper

Lat. In the civll law. A coming in place of another, on his decease; a coming into the estate which a deceased person had at the time of his death. This was either by virtue of an

The right to succeed to the property of the decedent depends upon and is regulated by state law, and it is obvious that a judicial construction of the will by a state court of comp

A duty payable, in England, upon succession to property. An excise or duty upon the right of a person to receive property by devise or inheritance from another under the regulation

a tax not upon property but upon the right or privilege of succession to the property of a deceased person

Taxes levied on the sucessions due or inheritance of a decedent's estate. They are variously called "inheritance taxes," "collateral inheritance taxes," "transfer taxes," and perha

The term “successor” shall include any company which acquires directly or indirectly from a bank holding company shares of any bank, when and if the relationship between such compa

The term “successor entity”— (A) means any privatized entity created from the privatization of INTELSAT or Inmarsat or from the assets of INTELSAT or Inmarsat; but (B) does not inc

The term “successor registry” means any entity that enters into a contract with the NTIA to operate and maintain the United States country code Internet domain that covers any peri

The term “successor to an existing contract” means any contract, other than a roll­over contract, entered into on or after November 9, 1978, for the first sale of natural gas which

Brief, compressed, terse; hence, compressed in narrow shape; concise. Wolfe v. Wjilsey, 2 Ind. App. 549, 28 N. E. 1004.

I. A minor is to be aided [favored].

A minor is [to be] aided; a mistake of youth, is easy, [youth is liable to err.] Jenk. Cant. p. 47, case 89.

Issue. See 201 U. S. 371, 50 L. Ed. 792, 26 Sup. Ct. Rep. 475.

It seems to us too plain to need extended elucidation that sucesion legitima here means issue. ... The natural object of this fidei-commissary substitution is that which is said to

or SUCH EN. In Scotch law. The whole lands restricted to a mill, — that is, whose tenants are bound to grind there. The possessors of these lands are called "suekeners." Bell, Diet

In Scotch law. The whole lands astricted to a mill; that is, the lands of which the tenants are obliged to send their grain to that mill. Bell.

Assistance should be given to a minor; the lapse of youth is easy.

The term "Sudanese security and intelligence services" means— (A) the Sudan Armed Forces; (B) the Rapid Support Forces,1 (C) Sudan's Popular Defense Forces and other para

In the common-law definition of manslaughter, this phrase means an access of rage or anger, sud-deniy arising from a contemporary provocation. It means that the provocation must ar

The term "sudden infant death syndrome" means a sudden unexpected infant death that remains unexplained after a thorough case investigation.

The term "sudden unexpected death in childhood" means the sudden death of a child who is at least 1 year of age but not more than 17 years of age that, when first discove

The term "sudden unexpected infant death" means the sudden death of an infant under 1 year of age that when first discovered did not have an obvious cause. Such term incl

The term "sudden unexplained death in childhood" means a sudden unexpected death in childhood that remains unexplained after a thorough case investigation.

In Hindu Law. The chief seat of government.

The term "SUD-eligible individual" means, with respect to a State, an individual who satisfies all of the following: (I) The individual is an eligible individual with chr

The term "SUD-focused State plan amendment" means a State plan amendment under this section that is designed to provide health home services primarily to SUD-eligible ind

In English practice. Service of process made under authorisation of the court upon some other person, when the person who should be served cannot be found or cannot be reached. In

In Scotch law. The person first called or nominated in a tailzie (entailment of an estate upon a number of heirs in succession) is called the "institute" or "heir-institute;" the r

In old Scotch law. Base holders; inferior holders; they who held their lands of knights. Skene.

To commence or continue legal proceedings for the recovery of a right. See "Action;" "Suit."

the words 'sue and be sued' in their normal connotation embrace all civil process incident to the commencement or continuance of legal proceedings. Garnishment and attachment commo

This clause can never apply but in such cases as would, if they happen, be losses (either partial or total) within the meaning of the policy.

A summons is not sued out till it passes from the clerk to a proper officer with a bona fide intention to have it served. West v. Engel, 101 Ala. 509, 14 South. 333.

In practice. To obtain judicially; to issue. Applied only to process; particularly such as is granted specially. To sue out a writ is to obtain and issue it; to issue it on leave o

In Spanish law. A small lot of ground. 5 Tex. 83.

(Spanish) Small lots or plots in a city for use as gardens. See 15 Cal. 530.

To suffer an act to be done, by a person who can prevent it, is to permit or consent to it; to approve of it, and not

TENANCY AT. See "Tenancy."

TENANT AT. A tenant who has come rightfully into possession of lands by permission of the owner and continues to occupy the same after the period for which he is entitled to hold b

Wharves on which goods may be landed before any duty is paid. They are appointed for the purpose by the commissioners of the customs. 16 & 17 Vict. c. 107, § 13; 2 Steph. Comm. 500

Lat A grant or sufferance of peace or truce.