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S.F.S

Defined in 2 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Black's (1910)

The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary

Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922

In the civil law, an abbreviation of sine fraude sua, without fraud on his part. S. P. An abbreviation of sine prole, without issue. An abbreviation of "same point," or "same principle," indicating, when inserted between two citations of cases, that the second one involves the same doctrine as the first. SS. An abbreviation used in that part of a- record, pleading, or affidavit, called the statement of the venue, or county in which it is made, as "City and County of New York, SS." Commonly translated or read, "to wit," and supposed to be a contraction of scilicet. It has been otherwise explained to be a mark used to denote a separate section or paragraph. 1 Chit. PI. (6th Am. Ed.) 305, note (t). SA ET LA (Law Fr.) Here and there. Kelham.

Black's Law Dictionary

Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910

An abbreviation in the civil law for "sine fraude sua," (without fraud on his part) Calvin.