SHILLING

Eng. law. The name of an English coin, of the value of one twentieth part of a pound. In the United States, while they were colonies, there were coins of this denomination, but they greatly varied in their value. … [Read more...] about SHILLING

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...] about SHIFTING USE

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

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

To move or transfer something. … [Read more...] about SHIFT