SHOP

A building in which goods and merchandise are sold at retail, or where mechanics work, and sometimes keep their products for sale. Sale of goods are frequently called "stores." Shop books. 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, eta … [Read more...] about SHOP

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

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

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

The loss of a vessel at sea, either. by being swallowed up by the waves, by running against another vessel or thing at sea, or on the coast. Vide Naufrage; Wreck. … [Read more...] about SHIPWRECK