Dictionary of Law Term Begin with S

s.
sabotage
safety at work
safety committee
safety representatives
sale
sale by description
sale by sample
sale of goods
sale on approval
sale or return (sale on approval)
salvage
salvage of trust property
sanction
Sanderson order
sanity
sans recours (without recourse to me)
satisfaction
satisfied term
scandalous statement
schedule
scheme
scheme of arrangement
scienter rule
Scott Schedule
scuttling
seal
search
search before Crown Court
search of ship
search warrant
seat belt
seaworthy
secondary evidence
secondary party
secondary use
second-hand evidence
secret profits
secret trust
Secretary of State
section 1 committal
section 7 orders
secure tenancy
secured creditor
securities
Securities and Investment Board Ltd (SIB)
security for costs
security of tenure
sedition
seduction
seisin
select committee
self-build society
self-defence
self-determination
self-employed
self-help
self-regulatory organization (SRO)
seller
semisecret trust
Senate of the Inns of Court and the Bar
sending distressing letters
sentence
separate trials
separation
separation agreement
separation of powers
sequestration
Serious Fraud Office
servant
service
service law
service out of the jurisdiction
service tenancy
servient tenement
set-off
setting aside
setting down for trial
settled
settled land
Settled Land Act trustees (trustees of the settlement)
settlement
settlement of action
settlor
several
several tenancy
severance
severance pay
sex change
sex discrimination
sexual intercourse
sexual offence
shadow director
sham marriage
sham plea
share
share capital
share certificate
share premium
share transfer
share warrant
sheriff
sheriff’s interpleader
shifting use (secondary use)
ship
shipwreck
shock
shoplifting
short cause list
short committal
short title
SIB
sic utere tuo ut alienum non laedas
signature of will
silence
silk
similar-fact evidence
simple contract (parol contract)
simple trust
sittings
slander
slander of goods (disparagement of goods)
slander of title
slip rule
small agreement
small claims
social fund
social inquiry report
social policy rule
sodomy
soldier’s will
sole solicitor
solemn form
soliciting
solicitor
solicitor and own client basis of costs
Solicitor General
solicitor’s lien
Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal
Solicitors Practice Rules
sovereign
sovereign immunity
sovereignty
sovereignty of Parliament
Speaker
special administration
special agent
special business
special case
special damages
special defences
special endorsement
special hospital
special notice
special parliamentary procedure
special plea
special power
special procedure
special procedure material
special procedure orders
special resolution
special trust
special verdict
specialty
specific delivery
specific devise
specific goods
specific legacy
specific performance
specification
specimen of blood
specimen of breath
specimen of urine
speeding
spent conviction
spes successionis
split order
split trial
springing use
spying (espionage)
squatter
squatter’s title
stag
stakeholder’s interpleader
stamp duty
standard basis of taxation
standard of proof
standard-form contract
standing civilian court
standing committee
standing mute
stare decisis
state
state of emergency
statement of affairs
statement of claim
statement of reasons for dismissal
statements of standard accounting practice (SSAP)
status
statute
statute book
statute law
statute-barred debt
statutorily protected tenancy
statutory assignment
statutory company
statutory corporation
statutory declaration
Statutory Form of Conditions of Sale
statutory instrument
statutory interpretation
statutory lives in being
statutory owner
statutory periodic tenancy
statutory rules and orders
statutory tenancy
statutory trust
stay of execution
stay of proceedings
stipendiary magistrate
stock
Stock Exchange
stop notice
stoppage in transitu
stowaway
street offence
strict construction
strict liability
strict settlement
strike
striking off
structure plan
sub judice rule
subdelegated legislation
subject to contract
sublease (subtenancy, underlease)
subletting
submortgage
subordinate legislation
subornation
subpoena
subrogation
subscribing witness
subsequent pleadings
subsidiary company
substantial damages
substantial performance
substantive law
substituted service
substitutional legacy
subtenancy
subtenant
subtrust (derivative trust)
succession
sue
sufferance
sui juris
suicide
suit
summary conviction
summary judgment under Order 14
summary offence
summary trial
summing up
summons
summons for directions
superior court
superior orders
supervision order
supplementary benefit
suppression of documents
supra protest
Supreme Court of Judicature
Supreme Court Practice, The
Supreme Court Rule Committee
surety
surname
surprise
surrebutter
surrejoinder
surrender of tenancy
surrender to custody
surrogacy
survival of cause of action on death
survivorship
sus law
suspended sentence
symbolic delivery
synallagmatic contract
synod

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