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Shepardizing
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ShepardizingMethod for finding subsequent development of a legal theory by tracing status of a case as legal authority.
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Method
The mode of operating or the means of attaining an object.
Finding
Practice. That which has been ascertained; as, the ruding of the jury is conclusive as to matters of fact when confirmed: by a judgment of the court.
Legal
That which is according to law. It is used in opposition to equitable, as the legal estate is, in the trustee, the equitable estate in the cestui que trust.
Tracing
A legal proceeding taken under the law of equity where the plaintiff attempts to reclaim specific property, through the court, whether the property is still in the first acquirer's hands or it has passed onto others, and even if the property has been converted (related common law terms: conversion, trover and detinue). This is a procedure frequently used by a trust beneficiary to recover misappropriated trust property.
Status
The condition of persons. It also means estate, because it signifies the condition or circumstances in which the owner stands with regard to his property.
Case
1) Practice. A contested question before a court of justicea suit or action a cause. 2) An agreement in writing, between a plaintiff and defendant, that the facts in dispute between them are as there agreed upon and mentioned
Authority
Government. The right and power which an officer has in the exercise of a public function to compel obedience to his lawful commands.
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Share certificate
A printed certificate issued by a company when a person is entered onto the register of members as the holder of the shares in the company. The certificate, which is under seal, shows the name and address of the holder and the number and type of shares held. It is evidence of the registered person's title to the shares. On a transfer the share certificate should be delivered to the company with the share transfer to allow a new certificate to be issued to the new shareholder.
Shareholders agreement
An agreement between shareholders of a company containing their agreement on the regulation of their relationship and on the administration of the company.
Sheep
A wether more than a year old.
Shell game
A game where a pebble or dried pea is hidden under one of three shells or cans. The Perpetrator moves the shells around quickly, often Palming the pebble, and then asks the Mark to choose the shell where the pea is located. A common street Confidence Game.
Shelley's case
This case, contains a rule usually known as the rule in Shelley's case, which has caused more commentaries perhaps than any other case. It has been expressed with great precision, though not with much elegance, to be "in any instrument, if a freehold be limited to the ancestor for life, and the inheritance to his heirs, either mediately or immediately, the first taker takes the whole estate; if it be limited to the heirs of his body, he takes a fee tail; if to his heirs a fee simple."
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Sheriff
The name of the chief officer of the county. In Latin he is called vice comes, because in England he represented the comes or earl. His name is said to be derived from the Saxon seyre, shire or county, and reve, keeper, bailiff, or guardian.
Sheriffalty
The office of sheriff, the time during which a sheriff is to remain in office.
Sherman act
The basic antitrust statute prohibiting any unreasonable interference, conspiracy, restraint of trade, or monopolies with respect to interstate commerce.
Shifting use
Estates. One which takes effect in derogation of some other estate, and is either limited by the deed creating it, or authorized to be created by some person named in it. This is sometimes called a secondary use.
Shill
An person in a Confidence Game that acts as a participant to draw in the Mark. An Accomplice -- one who is paid to play as part of a Swindle. Derived from casino gambling, where the shill is a paid employee used to attract other gamblers.
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Method
The mode of operating or the means of attaining an object.
Finding
Practice. That which has been ascertained; as, the ruding of the jury is conclusive as to matters of fact when confirmed: by a judgment of the court.
Legal
That which is according to law. It is used in opposition to equitable, as the legal estate is, in the trustee, the equitable estate in the cestui que trust.
Tracing
A legal proceeding taken under the law of equity where the plaintiff attempts to reclaim specific property, through the court, whether the property is still in the first acquirer's hands or it has passed onto others, and even if the property has been converted (related common law terms: conversion, trover and detinue). This is a procedure frequently used by a trust beneficiary to recover misappropriated trust property.
Status
The condition of persons. It also means estate, because it signifies the condition or circumstances in which the owner stands with regard to his property.
Case
1) Practice. A contested question before a court of justicea suit or action a cause. 2) An agreement in writing, between a plaintiff and defendant, that the facts in dispute between them are as there agreed upon and mentioned
Authority
Government. The right and power which an officer has in the exercise of a public function to compel obedience to his lawful commands.
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PREVIOUS AND NEXT TERMS--------------------------------------
Share certificate
A printed certificate issued by a company when a person is entered onto the register of members as the holder of the shares in the company. The certificate, which is under seal, shows the name and address of the holder and the number and type of shares held. It is evidence of the registered person's title to the shares. On a transfer the share certificate should be delivered to the company with the share transfer to allow a new certificate to be issued to the new shareholder.
Shareholders agreement
An agreement between shareholders of a company containing their agreement on the regulation of their relationship and on the administration of the company.
Sheep
A wether more than a year old.
Shell game
A game where a pebble or dried pea is hidden under one of three shells or cans. The Perpetrator moves the shells around quickly, often Palming the pebble, and then asks the Mark to choose the shell where the pea is located. A common street Confidence Game.
Shelley's case
This case, contains a rule usually known as the rule in Shelley's case, which has caused more commentaries perhaps than any other case. It has been expressed with great precision, though not with much elegance, to be "in any instrument, if a freehold be limited to the ancestor for life, and the inheritance to his heirs, either mediately or immediately, the first taker takes the whole estate; if it be limited to the heirs of his body, he takes a fee tail; if to his heirs a fee simple."
Shepardizing
Sheriff
The name of the chief officer of the county. In Latin he is called vice comes, because in England he represented the comes or earl. His name is said to be derived from the Saxon seyre, shire or county, and reve, keeper, bailiff, or guardian.
Sheriffalty
The office of sheriff, the time during which a sheriff is to remain in office.
Sherman act
The basic antitrust statute prohibiting any unreasonable interference, conspiracy, restraint of trade, or monopolies with respect to interstate commerce.
Shifting use
Estates. One which takes effect in derogation of some other estate, and is either limited by the deed creating it, or authorized to be created by some person named in it. This is sometimes called a secondary use.
Shill
An person in a Confidence Game that acts as a participant to draw in the Mark. An Accomplice -- one who is paid to play as part of a Swindle. Derived from casino gambling, where the shill is a paid employee used to attract other gamblers.
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