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return

an office or tribunal [the sheriff must the execution…to the proper clerk within sixty days "J. H. Friedenthal et al."] [the grand jury ed six indictments] [ed a verdict of not guilty] 2 : to bring in or

revert

of a general power fails to exercise it…the appointive assets to the donor's estate "W. M. McGovern, Jr. et al."] 2 : to return to the grantor or his or her heirs as a reversion re·vert·ible [-vər-tə-bəl] adj

scienter

statutes…do away altogether with the need to prove …requiring no proof of criminal intent whatsoever "R. J. Kafin et al."] 2 : a mental state in fraud (as securities fraud) that is characterized by an intent to deceive,

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settlement

limits of a defendant's insurance policy can be discovered in order to obtain reasonable s "J. H. Friedenthal et al."] 3 : closing [ costs] 4 : the transfer of funds between a payor bank and a collecting

spray

spray : to disperse among a number of recipients [authorized to trust income "W. M. McGovern, Jr. et al."]

sua sponte

court's own motion or initiative [authorize the court to order a new trial sua sponte "J. H. Friedenthal et al."] [the court's sua sponte dismissal]

submission

736 (1950)"] 2 : an act of submitting something [upon of a properly completed memorandum "J. H. Friedenthal et al."] ;also : something submitted 3 : an act of submitting to the authority or control of another

subrogation

an insurer has acquired by an assignment or by the right to recover for money "J. M. Landers et al."] NOTE: Subrogation can take place either by operation of law or by contractual agreement.

subscribe

underneath or at the end of a document [we now our names as witnesses "W. M. McGovern, Jr. et al."] 2 a : to sign (as a document) with one's own hand in token of consent, obligation, or

undivided

with other co-owners [each such tenant in common holds an equal share in the title "O. L. Browder et al."] [each spouse owns a present one-half interest in the community property "Louisiana Civil Code"] compare divided, entire

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