Silent Partner
A person who invests in a company or partnership but does not take part in
administering or directing the organization.
Simony
The crime of corruption for the purpose of a Church or religious
benefit.
Sixth Amendment
A 1791 amendment to the American Constitution guaranteeing fundamental rights in
criminal proceedings such as speedy trial, impartiality, public evidence of
witnesses and a right to a lawyer.
Slander
Verbal or spoken defamation
Slavery
When a person has absolute power over another,
including life and liberty.
Small Claims
A regular court but which has simplified rules of procedure and process to deal
with claims of a lesser value.
Socialism
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.
Society
A group of people formed as a separate organization and which has as a stated
purpose some charitable or benevolent purpose.
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.
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.