Law

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• sequestration

  Process of removing property from its possessor, pending the outcome of a judicial dispute between multiple parties who claim ownership
• south african customary law

  A usually uncodified legal system developed and practised by the indigenous communities of South Africa
• speciality

  Something that a person or place is known for making or producing very well
• speculative nature

  A piece of information that is based on guesses rather than knowledge
• standard of proof

  The level of certainty and the degree of evidence necessary to establish proof in a criminal or civil proceeding
• stare decisis

  A legal doctrine that obligates courts to follow historical cases when making a ruling on a similar case
• state

  A community formed by people and exercising permanent power within a specified territory
• statutory body

  A body set up by law (statute) that is authorised to implement certain legislation on behalf of the relevant country or state, sometimes by being empowered or delegated to set rules
• statutory crimes

  Criminal offences that are defined and codified by legislative bodies
• statutory law

  Laws set up by the legislature and written down, or codified, into legal books
• statutory rape

  An act of sexual intercourse with a person under the age of consent, which is considered to constitute rape under the law, whether the person is willing or not
• stipulated

  To make an agreement or covenant to do or forbear something
• stop order

  An agreement between the account holder and their bank where the account holder / customer gives the bank permission to make a series of future-dated recurring payments to a third party
• structural interdict

  An order under which the court controls compliance with its order
• subjectively impossible

  When it is impossible for anyone to perform the duties of the contract
• subpoena

  A formal written order that requires a person to appear before a court, or other legal proceedings and testify, or produce documentation
• substantiate

  To demonstrate clearly and convincingly, with satisfactory and sufficient evidence
• substituted beneficiary

  When a testator appoints a beneficiary to inherit a benefit and, at the same time, appoints another person to take the place of the first mentioned beneficiary
• substitution

  Substitution in law is the act of replacing a party or an element in a legal setting like a contract or lawsuit, with the aim of replacing an existing entity with another.
• sufficient interest

  Having a legitimate concern or stake in a particular issue or matter
• superior court

  A court of general jurisdiction over civil and criminal legal cases / any of the higher courts of the legal system, whose jurisdiction is not limited
• supervening impossibility

  Something has become impossible to do or achieve after an agreement or contract has been made.
• surety

  Someone who assumes direct liability for another's obligation
• suspect

  A person who is believed to have committed a crime, but has not yet been found guilty
• suspensive condition

  A condition which prevents an obligation arising unless and until a specific future event, certain or uncertain, occurs