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21. Sui Juris

from Latin meaning "of one's own right," is meant to indicate the ability for an individual to claim full legal right and not under the authority of another, as is the case with a minor

22. Suffering

style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0px">The pain, hurt, inconvenience, embarrassment and/or inability to perform normal activities.

23. Sue

style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0px">to bring a case forward for legal proceedings to recover certain rights or equitable recompense<span class="ecxApple-converted-space">&nbsp;span>

24. Succession

style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0px">The statutory rules of inheritance of a dead person's estate when the property is not given by the terms of a will, also called laws of "descent and distribution."

25. Substitution

style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0px">Putting one person in place of another, in particular replacement of the attorney of record in a lawsuit with another attorney.

26. Subscribe

style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0px">1) To sign at the end of a document. 2) To order and agree to pay for an issue of stock, bonds, limited partnership interest, investment or periodical magazine or newspaper.

27. Subrogation

style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0px">&nbsp;Assuming the legal rights of a person for whom expenses or a debt has been paid. Typically, subrogation occurs when an insurance company which pays its insured client for injuries and losses then sues the party which the injured person contends caused he damages to him/her.

28. Subpoena

style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0px">An order of the court for a witness to appear at a particular time and place to testify and/or produce documents in the control of the witness.

29. Subordination

style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0px">To be subject to the orders or direction of another; of lower rank

30. Sublicense

style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0px">The grant by a licensee of certain licensed rights to a third party.

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