Specific Performance
When a court requires a defendant to carry out the terms of an agreement or contract.
Square Feet
The usual method by which rental space is defined. It is the area of that space, calculated by taking length times width. For example, a room 30 feet by 60 feet has an area of 1,800 square feet.
Statute
A law established by an act of a legislature.
Statute of Frauds
State law (founded on ancient English law) which requires that contracts must be reduced to written form if it is to be enforced by law.
Statute of Limitations
A law barring all right of redress after a certain period of time from the moment when a cause of action first arises.
Subagent
An agent of an individual already acting as an agent of a principal.
Subletting
The leasing of space from one tenant to another tenant.
Subscribing Witness
The witness to the execution of an instrument who has written his name as proof of seeing such execution.
Surrender
The cancellation of a lease by mutual consent of the tenant and the landlord.
