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SHOCK
In medical jurisprudence. A sudden and severe depression of the vital functions, particularly of the nerves and the circulation, due to the nervous exhaustion following trauma, surgical operation, or sudden and violent emotion, resulting (if not in death) in more or less prolonged prostration; it Is spoken of as being More...

In medical jurisprudence. A sudden and severe depression of the vital functions, particularly of the nerves and the circulation, due to the nervous exhaustion following trauma, surgical operation, or sudden and violent emotion, resulting (if not in death) in more or less prolonged prostration; it Is spoken of as being either physical or psychical, according as it is caused by disturbance of the bodily powers and functions or of the mind. See Maynard v. Oregon R. Co., 43 Or. 63, 72 Pac. 590. Less...
SHOOFAA
In Mohammedan law. Preemption, or a power of possessing property which has been sold, by paying a sum equal to that paid by the purchaser. Wharton.

In Mohammedan law. Preemption, or a power of possessing property which has been sold, by paying a sum equal to that paid by the purchaser. Wharton. Less...
SHOP
A building in which goods and merchandise are sold at retail, or where mechanics work, and sometimes keep their products for sale. See State v. Morgan, 98 N. C. 641, 3 S. E. 927; State v. O'Connell, 26 Ind. 267; State v. Sprague, 149 Mo. 409, 50 S. W. 901. More...

A building in which goods and merchandise are sold at retail, or where mechanics work, and sometimes keep their products for sale. See State v. Morgan, 98 N. C. 641, 3 S. E. 927; State v. O'Connell, 26 Ind. 267; State v. Sprague, 149 Mo. 409, 50 S. W. 901. Strictly, a shop is a place where goods are sold by retail, and a store a place where goods are deposited; but, in this country, shops for the sale of goods are frequently called "stores." Com. v. Annis* 15 Gray (Mass.> 197. -Shop"boohs. Books of original entry kept by tradesmen, shop-keepers, mechanics, and the like, in which are entered their accounts and charges for goods sold, work done, etc Less...
SHOPA
In old records, a shop. Cowell.

In old records, a shop. Cowell. Less...
SHORE
Land on the margin of the sea, or a lake or river. In common parlance, the word "shore" is" understood to mean the line that separates the tide-water from the land about it, wherever that line may be, and in whatever stage of the tide. The word "shore," in its More...

Land on the margin of the sea, or a lake or river. In common parlance, the word "shore" is" understood to mean the line that separates the tide-water from the land about it, wherever that line may be, and in whatever stage of the tide. The word "shore," in its legal and technical sense, Indicates the lands adjacent to navigable waters, where the tide flows and reflows, which at high tides are submerged, and at low tides are bare. Shiv-ely v. Bowlby, 152 U. S. 1, 14 Sup. Ct.- 548,! 38 L. Ed. 331; Mather v. Chapman, 40 Conn. 400, 16 Am. Rep. 46; U. S. v. Pacheco, 2 Wall. 590, 17 L. Ed. 865; Harlan & Holllngs-worth Co. v. Paschall, 5 Del. Ch. 463; Lacy v. Green, 84 Pa. 519; Axline v. Shaw, 35 Fla, 305, 17 South. 411, 28 L. R. A. 391.' Sea-shore is that space of land over which the waters of the sea spread in the highest water, during the winter seasou. Civ. Code La. art 451. When the sea-shore is referred to as a boundary, the meaning must be understood to be the margin of the sea in its' usual and ordinary state; the ground between the ordinary high-water mark and low-water mark is the shore. Hence a deed of land bounded at or by the "shore" will convey the fiats as appurtenant.-Storer v. Freeman, 6 Mass. 435, 4 Am. Dec. 155. Less...
SHORT CAUSE
A cause which is not likely to occupy a great portion of the time of the court, and which may be entered on the list of "short causes," upon the applicar tion of one of the parties, and will then be heard more speedily than it would be in its More...

A cause which is not likely to occupy a great portion of the time of the court, and which may be entered on the list of "short causes," upon the applicar tion of one of the parties, and will then be heard more speedily than it would be in its regular order. This practice obtains in the English chancery and in some of the American states. Less...
SHORT ENTRY
A custom of bankers of entering on the customer's pass-book the amount of notes deposited for collection, in such a manner that the amount is not carried to the latter's general balance until the notes are paid. See Giles v. Perkins, 9 East 12; Blaine v. Bourne, 11 R. I. More...

A custom of bankers of entering on the customer's pass-book the amount of notes deposited for collection, in such a manner that the amount is not carried to the latter's general balance until the notes are paid. See Giles v. Perkins, 9 East 12; Blaine v. Bourne, 11 R. I. 12L ,23 Am. Rep. 429. Less...
SHORT LEASE
A term applied colloquially, but without much precision, to a lease for a short term, (as a month or a year,) as distinguished from one running for a long period.

A term applied colloquially, but without much precision, to a lease for a short term, (as a month or a year,) as distinguished from one running for a long period. Less...
SHORT NOTICE
In practice. Notice of less than the ordinary time ; generally of half that time. 2 Tidd, Pr. 757.

In practice. Notice of less than the ordinary time ; generally of half that time. 2 Tidd, Pr. 757. Less...
SHORT SUMMONS
A process, authorised in some of the states, to he issued against an absconding, fraudulent, or nonresident debtor, which is returnable within a less number of days than an ordinary writ of summons.

A process, authorised in some of the states, to he issued against an absconding, fraudulent, or nonresident debtor, which is returnable within a less number of days than an ordinary writ of summons. Less...

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