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retrospective
: retroactive ;specif : of, relating to, or being a law that takes away or impairs vested rights, creates new duties or obligations, or attaches new disabilities with respect to acts and transactions completed before its enactment
risk-utility test
cases to determine whether a manufacturer is liable for injury to a consumer because the risk of danger created by the product's design outweighs the benefits of the design
security agreement
security agreement : an agreement which creates or provides for a security interest [perfect a security interest in collateral described in a security agreement] compare
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sedition
literally, separation, from sed apart + itio act of going, from ire to go] : the crime of creating a revolt, disturbance, or violence against lawful civil authority with the intent to cause its overthrow or destruction
servitude
or works (as an aqueduct or road) on the property legal servitude : a predial servitude that is created by a limitation under the law on the use of the property natural servitude : a predial servitude
settlor
settlor : a person who creates a trust compare beneficiary, trustee
spin-off
involving a distribution of the stock of another company to the corporation's shareholders ;also : a new company created by such a distribution compare split-off, split-up
split-off
of part but not all of a corporation's stock for a subsidiary's stock ;also : a new company created by such a distribution compare spin-off, split-up
statutory
statutory 1 : of or relating to a statute or statutes [a provision] 2 : enacted, created, regulated, or defined by statute [a presumption] [a insider] stat·u·to·ri·ly [sta-chə-tōr-ə-lē] adv
stepchild
or other relationship. In order for a stepchild to be able to immigrate as a "child," the marriage creating the stepchild/stepparent relationship must have happened before the stepchild was 18 years of age. Source: Department of State.
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