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1. Syndicate

A joint venture among individuals and/or corporations to accomplish a particular business objective.

2. Swindle

style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0px">To cheat through trick, device, false statements or other fraudulent methods with the intent to acquire money or property from another which the swindler is not entitled.

3. Swear

style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0px">1) to declare under oath that one will tell the truth. 2) to administer an oath to a witness that he or she will tell the truth. 3) to install into office by administering an oath. 4) to use profanity.

4. Sustain

style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0px">In trial practice, for a judge to agree that an attorney's objection, such as a question, is valid.

5. Survivor

style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0px">a person who outlives another.

6. Surrogate

style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0px">A person acting on behalf of another or a substitute. 2) a judge in some states responsible only for probates, estates, and adoptions.

7. Surrender

style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0px">1) To turn over possession of real property, either voluntarily or upon demand, by tenant to landlord. 2) to give oneself up to law enforcement officials.

8. Surety

style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0px">A guarantor of payment or performance if another fails to pay or perform, such as a bonding company which posts a bond for a guardian, an administrator or a building contractor.

9. Supreme Court

style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0px">The highest court in the United States which has the ultimate power to decide constitutional questions and other appeals.

10. Supremacy Clause

style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0px">found in article VI section 2 of the US Constitution, it is the premise for the federal government--and thus federal law--to act as the "supreme law of the land" and maintain power over the collective states<span class="ecxApple-converted-space">&nbsp;span>

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