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English
Noun
S.S.
- (law) Abbreviation of steamship.
Proper noun
S.S.
- (Malaysia, law citation) Initialism of Straits Settlements.
1972, Parliament of Malaysia, “Section 14”, in Military Manoeuvres Act 1983 , page 11:The Military Manoeuvres Enactment of the Federated Malay States [F.M.S. Cap. 43], the Military Manoeuvres Ordinance of the Straits Settlements [S.S. Cap. 103], the Military Manoeuvres Ordinance 1959 of Sabah [Sabah Ord. 26 of 1959] and the Military Manoeuvres Ordinance of Sarawak [Sarawak Ord. Cap. 23] are repealed.
Usage notes
This is the customary abbreviation of this term as used in case citations. See, e.g., The Bluebook: A Uniform System of Citation, Nineteenth Edition (2010), "Case Names and Institutional Authors in Citations", Table T6, p. 430-431.
Indonesian
Noun
S.S.
- Abbreviation of Sarjana Sastra.