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...]

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...]

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...]

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...]

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. 2. The following is an example: If an estate be limited to A and his heirs, with a proviso that if B pay to A one hundred dollars by a time named, the use to A shall … [Read more...]