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• res publicae

  Public things / things that belong to everyone and cannot be owned by any individual.
• restitutio in intergrum

  Restoration to the previous condition or the status quo
• res universitatatis

  Things belonging to a society, corporation, university or other community
• risk

  A threat and the possibility of suffering harm or loss
• rule

  Any standard, principle, or norm that guides conduct
• rule of law

  A principle of governance in which all persons, institutions and entities, public and private, including the State itself, are accountable to laws that are publicly promulgated, equally enforced and independently adjudicated
• sentimental damages

  Damages that are usually a result of an injury to one’s personality
• separation of power

  The division of governmental power into the three branches: legislative, executive and judicial, with no control or interference by one on the other
• sequestrate

  To removing property from its possessor, pending the outcome of a judicial dispute between multiple parties who claim ownership
• 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