S.S.

See also: Appendix:Variations of "ss"

English

Noun

S.S.

1. (law) Abbreviation of steamship.

Proper noun

S.S.

1. (Malaysia, law citation) Initialism of Straits Settlements.
   • 1972, Parliament of Malaysia, “Section 14”, in Military Manoeuvres Act 1983 [Act 295]‎^[1], 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 Cap. 23] are repealed.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.