Glossary of terms by letter
S
Satisfaction
The payment of a debt or settling an obligation by an act or deed
SDA
Sex Discrimination Act
Secured periodical payments
Where periodical payments are secured by the investment of a capital asset
Serve
To give notice of a Court action to another party to the proceedings by sending or handing to them personally the documents concerned
Service contract
Contracts sometimes given to directors and officers of a company instead of an employment contract
Servient Land
The land over which the easement is exercised.
Settlement
See Trust
Settlor
The creator of a Trust
Sexual Harassment
Harassment on the basis of gender
Share
A unit of economic value of a company to which are attached rights to vote and to participate in dividends and capital distributions of the company
Share Certificate
This is issued by a company when a person is entered onto the register of members as the holder of the shares in the company
Shareholders Agreement
An agreement which can be used where two or more parties wish to carry on business together as a limited company and wish to regulate the relationship between shareholders and determine actions in the event of deadlock
Shareware
Software which has a limited licence, generally with the aim of allowing a time-specific trial
Sheriff
An officer of the Crown whose duties include the enforcement of High Court writs of execution
Silk
Queens Counsel
Slander
Spoken words which have a damaging effect on a person's reputation
Small Claims Track
The path to which defended claims of a lower value are allocated
SMP
Statutory Maternity Pay
Sole Trader
A sole trader operates as an individual without the use of a company structure or partners and has sole responsibility for the actions of the business
Solicitor
Member of the legal profession chiefly concerned with advising clients and preparing their cases and representing them in some Courts
Source Code
This refers to a sequence of statements or declarations written in some human-readable computer programming language
Special Guardianship Order
An order which gives the holder parental responsibility for a child and which allows them to use that to the exclusion of any other person with parental responsibility
Specified Claim
A type of claim which is issued for a fixed amount of money allegedly owing. Previously known as a liquidated claim
Squatter
A person occupying land or property without the owners consent
