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. … [Read more...] about SHORT CAUSE
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SHRINKWRAP LICENSE
A bootstrap agreement where a purchaser is deemed to have accepted a license to a product once the shrinkwrap is torn away and the license terms made available to the purchaser. The enforceability of such licenses is in question as the purchaser may not have had the ability to read the terms of the license prior to purchase. … [Read more...] about SHRINKWRAP LICENSE
SHORT ENTRY
A term used among bankers, which takes, place when a note has been sent to a bank for collection, and an entry of it is made in the customer's bank book, stating the amount in an inner column, and carrying it out into the accounts between the parties when it has been paid. 2. A bill of this kind remains the property of the depositor. 3. A custom of bankers of entering on the … [Read more...] about SHORT ENTRY
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
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. … [Read more...] about SHORT LEASE