The thin, transparent plastic wrap which covers and preserves new products and keeps them pristine and untouched. … [Read more...] about SHRINKWRAP
SI PRIUS
Lat. In old practice. If before. Formal words in the old writs for summoning juries. Fleta, 1. 2, c. 65, … [Read more...] about SI PRIUS
SHOTGUN CHARGE
See dynamite charge. … [Read more...] about SHOTGUN CHARGE
SI ACTIO
Lat. The conclusion of a plea to an action when the defendant demands judgment, if the plaintiff ought to have his action, etc. Obsolete. Si alieujus rei societas sit et finis ne gotio impositus est, finitur societas. If there is a partnership in any matter, and the business is ended, the partnership ceases. Griswold v. Waddington, 16 Johns. (N. Y.) 438, 489. Si aliquid ex … [Read more...] about SI ACTIO
SHYSTER
A "pettifogging shyster" is an unscrupulous practitioner who disgraces his profession by doing mean work, and resorts to sharp practice to do it Bailey v. Kalamazoo Pub. Co., 40 Mich. 251. See, also, Grlbble v. Pioneer Press Co., 34 Minn. 342, 25 N. W. 710. Si a jure diseedas, vaams oris, et enut omnia omnibus inoerta. If you depart from the law, you will go astray, and all … [Read more...] about SHYSTER