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Supplemental Security Income (SSI) is a needs-based welfare program provided by the U.S. government to the elderly, blind, or disabled. See 42 U.S.C.

A supplier’s lien is a type of lien that grants a security interest in property to someone who supplies materials used in work performed on that property.

A support trust is a type of trust that directs the trustee to pay the beneficiary as much of the income and principal as necessary for the beneficiary’s education an

• trusts and estates

Suppression occurs when evidence collected in violation of the Constitution becomes inadmissible at trial. Evidence excluded this way is referred to as being “suppressed.” This is known as the exclusionary rule.

A surety bond is a three-party bond agreement involving the principal (the one who needs the bond), the obligee (the one who requires it), and the 

In the context of a power of appointment, the takers in default are the individuals who take if the power is not properly exercised. These individuals, or the class of individuals are usually named in the “takers in default clause.”

[Last reviewed in June of 2024 by the Wex Definitions Team]

• trusts and estates

Temporary receivership is a remedy in which the court appoints a person to temporarily manage a piece of property that is in the defendant's possession.

• remedy

Tenancy for years is a lease for a fixed period of time. For a tenancy for years lease, no notice is needed for termination, the lessee knows the termination date from the outset of the lease.

• property

See tenancy for years. 

[Last reviewed in August of 2024 by the Wex Definitions Team]

Termination is an ending of something, for example employment (such as a layoff), that is not a voluntary resignation.

[Last reviewed in June of 2024 by the Wex Definitions Team]

• labor and employment law