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2841 Etymology dictionary, p. soon (adv.).3
… the legal date and time.
2842 Etymology dictionary, p. species (n.).4
… and legal language, it acquired the meaning "a special case," especially (as a translation of Greek eidos ) "a class included under a higher class; a kind; a sort; a …
2843 Etymology dictionary, p. special (adj.).6
… sound legal meaning once but now is used generally and imprecisely.
2844 Etymology dictionary, p. sperate (adj.).3
General (non-legal) use is by 1808. Etymologically, it is the opposite of desperate. Donne has speratory "resting on hope or expectation."
2845 Etymology dictionary, p. spinster (n.).2
… "the legal designation in England of all unmarried women from a viscount's daughter downward" [Century Dictionary], and by 1719 was being used generically …
2846 Etymology dictionary, p. squatter (n.).2
… without legal title," 1788, agent noun from squat (v.); in reference to paupers or homeless people in uninhabited buildings, it is recorded from 1880. The property …
2847 Etymology dictionary, p. ss.2
in old documents, an abbreviation of saints, or of scilicet, in legal documents.
2848 Etymology dictionary, p. stay (n.3).2
1520s, "continuance in a place; stationary position, standstill," from stay (v.1). The meaning "a stop, a halt, a break or cessation of action" is by 1530s; the legal sense of "suspension of judicial proceedings" is from 1540s.
2849 Etymology dictionary, p. stay (v.1).4
Of things, "remain in place," 1590s. The transitive sense of "render motionless" is by 1620s. The legal sense of "put off, defer, postpone" is from 1520s. Related: Stayed; staying .
2850 Etymology dictionary, p. standing (n.).3
… . The legal sense is recorded by 1924. The sports sense is from 1881.
2851 Etymology dictionary, p. stare decisis (n.).2
the legal doctrine of being bound by precedents, Latin, literally "to stand by things decided;" from stare "to stand" (from PIE root *sta- "to stand, make or be firm"). The …
2852 Etymology dictionary, p. status (n.).2
1670s, "height" of a situation or condition, later "legal standing of a person" (1791), from Latin status "condition, position, state, manner, attitude," from past-participle stem of stare "to stand" (from PIE root *sta- "to stand, make or be firm").
2853 Etymology dictionary, p. status (n.).3
In law, the meaning "legal standing in reference to some defined class of persons" is by 1791. The sense of "standing in one's society or profession" is attested by 1820.
2854 Etymology dictionary, p. statute (n.).2
… ) promulgation, (legal) statute," from Late Latin statutum "a law, decree," noun use of neuter past participle of Latin statuere "enact, establish," from status "condition …
2855 Etymology dictionary, p. statutory (adj.).2
… the legal age of consent, whether forced or not." Related: Statutorily .
2856 Etymology dictionary, p. sterling (n.).5
… a legally set degree of purity. This was extended by 1640s to principles, qualities, etc., in a general or figurative sense of "capable of standing a test" (as a sound …
2857 Etymology dictionary, p. stray (n.).2
… , a legal term, from Anglo-French stray, estray, noun use of Old French estraié "strayed, riderless," past-participle adjective from estraier "to roam, drift, run …
2858 Etymology dictionary, p. stricken (adj.).2
1510s, of a deer, "wounded in the chase," adjective use of the now-largely archaic past participle of strike (v.). The usual past participle now is struck, but stricken has persisted especially in U.S. legal and legislative language.
2859 Etymology dictionary, p. stultify (v.).2
… a legal term, "allege to be of unsound mind," from Late Latin stultificare "turn into foolishness," from Latin stultus "foolish; uneducated," literally "unmovable …
2860 Etymology dictionary, p. subpoena (n.).2
"legal writ or process commanding appearance in a court of justice, under threat of punishment, of the person on whom it is served," early 15c., sub pena, from Medieval …