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51. Split Custody

style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0px">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.

52. Specific Deterrence

style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0px">Deterrence, as an objective of sentencing, which is fit to a particular offender.

53. Sovereign

style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0px">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.

54. Solicitor

style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0px">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.

55. Sole Proprietorship

style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0px">A business by a single individual which is not formally organized and for which the individual and the business are indistinguishable in law.

56. Sodomy

style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0px">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.

57. Society

style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0px">A group of people formed as a separate organization and which has as a stated purpose some charitable or benevolent purpose.

58. Socialism

style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0px">A form or system of government which states the equal sharing of land and equal return of the product of the land and industry to all citizens.

59. Small Claims

style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0px">A regular court but which has simplified rules of procedure and process to deal with claims of a lesser value.

60. Slavery

style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0px">When a person has absolute power over another, including life and liberty.

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