LEXIS a private legal information retrieval system provided on a com- puter database that is interrogated from a dedicated terminal or from a personal computer equipped with appropriate software. It has libraries full of case reports from very many jurisdictions, including the USA and the UK, as well as very detailed references and, indeed, full texts of certain leading legal periodicals. It is the most popular such system in the UK and is ever increasing its stock of Scottish materials.

• statutory
• statutory company
• statutory instrument
• statutory interpretation
• stay of action
• stay of execution
• stipulatio
• stipulation
• stock
• stock exchange
• stop notice
• stoppage in transit
• Stormont
• street trading
• strict liability
• striking out
• sua sponte
• subcontract
• subinfeudation
• sub judice
• subordinate legislation
• subornation
• subpoena
• sub rosa
• subscription