Category: S

An activity supporting, but contributing directly to product quality, customer value or generation of revenue but that is necessary for the continuation of the organization.

A temporary stop of a right, of a law, and the like. Thus, we speak of a suspension of the writ of habeas corpus, of a statute, of the power of alienating an estate, of a person in office, etc. Suspension of a right in an estate is a temporary or partial withholding of it from use or exercise. It differs from extinguishment, because a suspended right is susceptible of being revived, which is not the case where the right was extinguished. In ecclesiastical law. An ecclesiastical censure, by which a spiritual person is either interdicted the exercise of his ecclesiastical function or hindered from receiving the profits of his benefice. It may be partial or total, for a limited time, or forever, when it is called ÒdeprivationÓ or Òamotion.Ó Ayl. Par. 501. In Scotch law. A stay of execution until after a further consideration of the cause. Ersk. Inst 4, 3, 5.

This means to uphold an objection of a legal matter and decide in favour of the objector or demurrer.

This term is applied to the temporary loss of a right or privileged.

Ongoing technical and engineering support following release of requirements for an end product.

1. To withhold executing a jail sentence on certain conditions. 2. A sentence that si given by the court that is not actually served.

A tax that is levied in addition to the normal rate of tax. Also known as a tax surcharge.

A term in treatment of waste water for inorganic and organic particles that are carried and dispersed in water.

Observation and collection of data to provide evidence for a purpose.

In Scotch law. He in whose favor a suspension is made.