The state of being supreme, or in tbe highest station of power; paramount authority; sovereignty ; sovereign power .

a statement in Article VI of the US Constitution that states laws are the laws of the land and all other laws are subservient to and bound by the laws […]

A court of high powers and extensive jurisdiction , existing in most of the states. In some it is the official style of the chief appellate court or court of […]

The court formed by the English judicature act, 1873, (as modified by the judicature act, 1875, the appellate jurisdiction act, 1876, and the judicature acts of 1877, 1879, and 1SS1,) […]

The highest authority in a state, all other powers in it being inferior thereto.

Lat Last; the last Supremus est quem nemo sequitur. He is last whom no one follows. Dig. 50, 16, 92.

Fr. On; upon; over. In the titles of real actions “sur” was used to point out what the writ was founded upon. Thus, a real action brought by the owner […]

Suprema potestas seipsam dissolvere potest. Supreme power can dissolve itself. Bac. Max.

The term that is used for the illegal tampering of accounts by adding false items.

An overcharge; an exaction, impost, or incumbrance beyond just and right, or beyond one’s authority or power. “Surcharge” may mean a second or further mortgage. Wharton.

To put more cattle upon a common than the herbage will sustain or than the party has a right to do. 3 Bl. Comm. 237. In equity practice . To […]

Lat. In the civil law . Deaf; a deaf person. Inst. 2, 12, 3. Surdus et mutus, a deaf and dumb person.

In French law . A party desirous of repurchasing property at auction before the court, can, by offering one- tenth or one-sixth, according to the case, in addition to the […]

A surety is one who at the request of another, and for the purpose or se- curing to him a benefit, becomes responsible for the performance by the latter of […]

When an insurer agrees to finish a project even if the original party defaults. The three players are the principal performing the act, the surety who takes the place of […]

A Small Business Administration program where it backs the company providing surety should a minor contractor suffer losses.

the name that is given to a company whose business it to assume the responsibility and payment guarantee for the obligations of another person or company.

The contract of suretyship is that whereby one obligates himself to pay the debt of another in consideration of credit or indulgence , or other benefit given to his principal, […]

Rights of a landowner to the exterior or upper section of land , water and other substances below the land. See mineral rights and subsurface rights .

The objective worth or meaning of a compensation , reward or action to the recipient.

Water that is naturally open to the atmosphere, lakes estuaries, reservoirs, seas etc.

See WATER.

Active surface agent allowing ‘wetting’ of a soiled surface and the suspension of greasy particles in a solution.

Exploring the World Wide Web by following links from place to another.

Sudden increase in line voltage lasting more than one cycle of line frequency, 50Hz in UK and elsewhere and 60Hz in North America.