Law Slang, Jargon, and New Words from Double-Tongued Dictionary

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SODDI defense n. If you’re a defense attorney, you’re usually going to use the SODDI or TODDI defense—“Some Other Dude Did It” or “That Other Dude Did It.” [ Class Acronym Language English Subject Law] [full cite] (Oct. 13, 2005)

SODDI defense n. The spa plant, Pritsker said, had relied on a classic “SODDI” defense—that “some other dude did it.” [ Class Acronym Language English Subject Law] [full cite] (Nov. 2, 2005)

SODDI defense n. The classic SODDI defense (Some Other Dude Did It) is always persuasive with a jury when you can put a face to a deed. [ Class Acronym Language English Subject Law] [full cite] (Nov. 2, 2005)

soup-spitter n. He said Family Court officials are now differentiating between youths who committed what would be considered felonies in adult court and so-called “soup-spitters”—a term for defiant youths who make their parents or probation officers angry but aren’t a threat to the community. [English Crime & Prisons Law Slang] [full cite] (Jul. 20, 2007)

spamigation n. Spamigation: The abuse of bulk legal action. Filing lawsuits in bulk (as in the RIAA filesharing lawsuits or DirecTV smartcard lawsuits) without taking care to assure all defendants are actually at fault. As such, some defendants are bound to be entirely innocent, but this doesn’t matter because you don’t really plan to take any to trial. [English Law New or Nonce] [full cite] (Aug. 23, 2006)

spot bill n. For now, the amendment, SCA19 by Sen. Bill Morrow, R-Oceanside, is a vaguely worded document, known in Capitol parlance as a “spot bill,” that gives little indication of the magnitude of the final proposal.…“It is obviously and forthrightly a ‘spot bill,’…The general concept at this point is to set up an independent commission, to give that commission limited authority, a window if you will, to modify Proposition 140.” [California English Law Politics Jargon] [full cite] (Jun. 24, 2006)

springboard injunction n. In this case, the judge granted what is called a “springboard” injunction. The idea of a springboard injunction is to prevent employees taking advantage of previous breaches of contract. In this case, the court has granted an interim injunction preventing the ex-employees from dealing with ex-UBS customers and from seeking to persuade any other staff to leave. [English Law] [full cite] (Aug. 28, 2008)

springing clause n. When the county adopted its historic building code amendments, it did so with what’s called a “springing clause,” i.e., one that springs into action if a certain contingency is met. [English Law] [full cite] (Jun. 13, 2006)

strike-below n. Under the re-written bill, called a “strike-below” in legislative parlance, the new 9-member authority would be a political subdivision of the state, not a new state agency. One of its first duties would be to convene task forces to develop recommendation for financing clean energy projects. [English Law Politics] [full cite] (Apr. 15, 2007)

suo motu n. The Petroleum Ministry, on the other hand, has been maintaining that the DGH was not a regulator in the statutory sense, as it did not take suo motu cognisance but only took up cases referred to it by the Ministry. [Latin Law] [full cite] (Sep. 14, 2005)

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