Law Dictionary Definitions

same-evidence test.See BLOCKBURGER TEST. [Blacks Law 8th]

same-elements test.1.BLOCKBURGER TEST. 2.LEGAL-ELEMENTS TEST. [Blacks Law 8th]

same-conduct test.Criminal law. A test for determining whether a later charge arising out of a single incident is barred by the Double Jeopardy Clause; specif., an analysis of whether the later charge requires the state to prove the same conduct that it was required to prove in a previous trial against the same defendant. •…

same-actor inference.Employment law. The doctrine that when an employee is hired and fired by the same person, and the termination occurs a reasonably short time after the hiring, the termination will be presumed not to be based on a discriminatory reason. [Cases: Civil Rights 1534. C.J.S. Civil Rights §§ 168–169.] [Blacks Law 8th]

same,pron. The very thing just mentioned or described; it or them <two days after receiving the goods, Mr. Siviglio returned same>.  [Blacks Law 8th]

SAM. See shared-appreciation mortgage under MORTGAGE. [Blacks Law 8th]

salvus plegius (sal-v<<schwa>>s plee-jee-<<schwa>>s). [Law Latin] Hist. A safe pledge; a    satisfactory pledge. See PLEDGE. — Also termed certus plegius. [Blacks Law 8th]

salvor (sal-v<<schwa>>r), n.[Law Latin] A person who saves a vessel and its cargo from danger or loss; a person entitled to salvage. — Also termed salvager. [Cases: Salvage 18, 19. C.J.S. Salvage §§ 23–33, 35–38.] “A salvor is a person, who, without any particular relation to a ship or property in distress, performs useful service,…

salvo jure (sal-voh joor-ee). [Latin “the rule being safe”] Without prejudice to. [Blacks Law 8th]

salvo conductu.See DE SALVO CONDUCTU. [Blacks Law 8th]