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In English law. A county. So called because every county or shire is divided and parted by certain metes and bounds from another. Co. Litt. 50a. Knights of the shire. See Knight. Shire clerk. He that keeps the county court. Shire man, or Scyre man. Before the Conquest, the judge of the county, by whom trials for land, etc., were determined. Tomlins; Mozley & Whitley. Shire … [Read more...] about SHIRE

Changing; varying; pass-big from one person to another by substitution. "Shifting the burden of proof" is transferring it from one party to the other, or from one side of the case to the other, when he upon whom it rested originally has made out a prima facie case or defense by evidence, of such a character that it then becomes incumbent upon the other to rebut it by … [Read more...] about SHIFTING

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 … [Read more...] about SHOCK

The transfer of the burden of proving a fact or disproving a fact from one party to the other. For example, if one party proved a fact, then the other party bears the burden of now rebutting the presumption that the fact attested to by a witness is true. … [Read more...] about SHIFTING THE BURDEN OF PROOF

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. … [Read more...] about SHOOFAA