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161. Squatter

an individual that lives on the land of another or that is publicly owned without consent or legal authority 

162. Spy/spies

A person who acts clandestinely or on false pretenses to endeavour to obtain information of or within another state with the intention of communicating or selling it to others.

163. Sprinkling Trust

Discretion given to a trustee to distribute income from a trust fund disproportionately between beneficiaries.

164. Spousal Support

Payments to an ex-spouse which are temporary or indefinite, designed to pool and share the income of both spouses for that period of time necessary for the lower-income spouse to become economically self-sufficient.

165. Split Custody

A child custody decision which results in the splitting up of the children; that legal custody of one or more of the children is with the father, and that of one or more of the children are with the mother.

166. Specific Deterrence

Deterrence, as an objective of sentencing, which is fit to a particular offender.

167. Sovereign

1) The technical word for the monarch of a particular country as in the Sovereign of England is Queen Elizabeth. 2) The supreme legislative powers of a state.

168. Solicitor

A lawyer that restrict his or her practice to the giving of legal advice and preparation of formal legal documents, and does not normally litigate.

169. Sole Proprietorship

A business by a single individual which is not formally organized and for which the individual and the business are indistinguishable in law.

170. Sodomy

Synonymous with buggery and referring to unnatural sex acts, including copulation, either between two persons of the same sex or between a person and an animal.

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