法律英语|英文法律词典 S-96

TO SUE. To prosecute^{1 or commence legal proceedings2 for the purpose of recovering a right.}

SUFFRAGE^{3, government. Vote; the act of voting.}

2. The right of suffrage is given by the constitution of the United States, art. 1, s. 2, to the electors in each state, as shall have the qualifications requisite^{4 for electors of the most numerous branch of the state legislature. Vide 2 Story on the Const. 578, et seq.; Amer. Citiz. 201; 1 Bl. Com. 171; 2 Wils. Lect. 130; Montesq. Esp. des Lois, Ii v. 11, c. 6; 1 Tucker's Bl. Com. App. 52, 3. See Division of opinion.}

SUFFRANCE. The permitting a tenant^{5 who came in by a lawful6 title, to remain after his right has expired. Vide Estates at suffrance.}

SUGGESTIO FALSI. A statement of a falsehood. This amounts to a fraud when-ever the party making it was bound to disclose the truth.

2. The following is an example of a case where chancery will interfere^{7 and. set aside a contract as fraudulent, on account of the suggestio falsi: a purchaser applied8 to the seller to purchase a lot of wild land, and represented to him it was worth nothing, except for a sheep pasture, when he knew there was a valuable mine on the lot, of which the seller was ignorant. The sale was set aside. 2 Paige, 390; 4 Bouv. Inst. n. 3837, et seq. Vide Concealment9; Misrepresentation; Representation; Suppressio veri.}

SUGGESTION. In its literal sense this word signifies to inform, to insin-uate, to instruct, to cause to be remembered, to counsel. In practice it is used to convey the idea of information; as, the defendant^{10 suggests the death of one of the plaintiffs. 2 Sell. Pr. 191.}

2. In wills, when suggestions are made to a testator for the purpose of procuring^{11 a devise of his property in a particular way, and when such suggestions are false, they generally amount to a fraud. Bac. Ab. Wills, G 3; 5 Toull. n. 706.}