Latin for Lawyers

L ATIN FOR L AWYERS

SUFFER, SUFFERANCE [L. sub + fero , ferre / to bear, take, carry; to put in motion] To feel strongly. To endure; to be forced to endure. To tolerate or accept with out objection. To put up with. To endure or feel pain, discomfort or disability. To accept knowingly and willingly, and, by extension, to permit or allow some act to be done or tolerated. Sufferance is consent implied through con tinued acceptance, failure to object or intervene, or failure to enforce an obli gation, sanction or prohibition. A tenancy at sufferance is a tenancy which continues beyond the term of a lease when the landlord fails to take action to evict the tenant. An estate at sufference is the estate of one who continues to exercise a right or claim after his lawful right to do so has ended. SUFFICIENCY, SUFFICIENT [L. sufficio , sufficere / to imbue, provide, sup ply; also, to be enough, to be adequate] Enough; adequate. All that is needed in a given situation or circumstance. Equal to the purpose or need. A good and sufficient deed is a deed which con veys exactly the title specified in and required by the contract of sale. Suffi cient evidence is evidence adequate to support a jury’s verdict or a judge’s fact findings. Sufficient sureties are sureties on a bail bond with enough resources to meet the terms of the bond and enough influence with the defen dant to secure his appearance before the court. SUFFRAGE [L. suffragor , suffragari / to vote in favor of, approve, support] The right to vote. Also, the exercise of that right. To vote in an election or ref erendum. To choose between two candidates or two sides of a public ques tion. SUGGESTIO FALSI SUPPRESSIO VERI A misrepresentation suppresses the truth. SUGGESTIVE [L. suggero, suggerere / to supply, provide, pile up] Prompting thought or response. Stimulating. Imparting mental associations or stimuli. A suggestive mark is a trademark that suggests or identifies the product or service it is associated with, e.g., the mark Greyhound for a bus or Coppertone for suntan oil. The consumer is expected to associate the mark instinctively with the product, e.g., buses with greyhounds because they go fast. Suggestive marks are considered inherently distinctive and therefore entitled to protection without proof of secondary meaning. See SECOND

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