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2881 Etymology dictionary, p. sue (v.).4
… by legal process" is from c. 1300, on the notion of "following" a matter legally in court. The meaning "plead for love; make entreaty, petition, plead" (usually with …
2882 Etymology dictionary, p. sufficient (adj.).2
… specialized legal and technical senses since Middle English.
2883 Etymology dictionary, p. suicide (n.).5
In England, suicides were legally criminal if of age and sane, but not if judged to have been mentally deranged. The criminal ones were mutilated by stake and given degrading burial in highways until 1823.
2884 Etymology dictionary, p. sui juris.2
… full legal age and capacity," hence capable of managing one's own affairs; in ancient Rome, "of the status of one not subject to the patria potestas, " the father's …
2885 Etymology dictionary, p. suit (n.).4
The legal sense of "lawsuit; legal action, proceeding in a court of justice" is from mid-14c. The meaning "the wooing of a woman" is from late 15c.
2886 Etymology dictionary, p. supersedeas (n.).2
… ordinary legal proceedings on good cause shown," mid-14c., Latin, literally "you shall desist," second person singular present subjunctive of supersedere "desist …
2887 Etymology dictionary, p. surcease (v.).2
early 15c., surcesen, "cease from an action, desist," chiefly a legal term, from Anglo-French surseser, Old French sursis, past participle of surseoir "to refrain, delay," from Latin supersedere "forbear, refrain or desist from" (see supersede ).
2888 Etymology dictionary, p. surmise (n.).2
early 15c., legal, "a charge, a formal accusation or allegation," from Old French surmise "accusation," noun use of past participle of surmettre (see surmise (v.)).
2889 Etymology dictionary, p. survival (n.).4
Other nouns from survive included survivance (1620s); survivorship (1620s) seems limited to legal use.
2890 Etymology dictionary, p. survive (v.).2
… the legal (inheritance) sense, from Anglo-French survivre, Old French souvivre (12c., Modern French survivre ), from Late Latin supervivere "live beyond, live longer …
2891 Etymology dictionary, p. survivability (n.).2
1881, "capability of surviving," of animals, legal rights; see survivable + -ity. In 20c. especially in reference to military attacks.
2892 Etymology dictionary, p. survivor (n.).2
c. 1500, in legal language, "one who or that which outlives another," agent noun in Latin form from survive .
2893 Etymology dictionary, p. suspense (n.).2
… , in legal language, "abeyance, temporary cessation" (of a right, etc.); "state of not being carried out" (of legal matters), from Anglo-French suspens (in en suspens "in …
2894 Etymology dictionary, p. suspense (n.).3
The meaning "state of mental uncertainty with more or less anxiety" (mid-15c.) seems to be from the legal meaning, perhaps via the notion of "awaiting an expected decision," or that of "state of having the mind or thoughts suspended."
2895 Etymology dictionary, p. sustain (v.).3
… . The legal sense of "admit as correct and valid, uphold the rightfulness of" is from early 15c. Also from early 15c. as "suffer (a loss)."
2896 Etymology dictionary, p. sustainability (n.).2
1907, in reference to a legal objection, from sustainable + -ity. General sense (in economics, agriculture, ecology) by 1972 in economics, 1979 in conservation and environmentalism.
2897 Etymology dictionary, p. SWAK.2
acronym for sealed with a kiss, attested from 1911, in a legal publication quoting a letter from 1909:
2898 Etymology dictionary, p. tablet (n.).3
… ; ballot, legal paper," and this sometimes was used in English in the pharmacological sense (1690s).
2899 Etymology dictionary, p. tail (n.2).2
… ," a legal term, early 14c. in Anglo-French; late 13c. in Anglo-Latin, in most cases a shortened form of entail. Also compare Old French taille "a cut, a cutting, division …
2900 Etymology dictionary, p. taint (v.).3
… a legal sense (see attain (v.)).