“Separate but equal” refers to the infamously racist decision by the U.S. Supreme Court in Plessy v. Ferguson (1896) that allowed the use of segregation laws by states and local governments. The phrase “separate but equal” comes from part of the Court’...
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servant
Servant is an antiquated term used to refer to an employee—and not an independent contractor. Employees are distinct from independent contractors in that employees do not retain control over how they do their work. Under the “master-servant”...
settler colonialism
The concept of settler colonialism can be defined as a system of oppression based on genocide and colonialism, that aims to displace a population of a nation (oftentimes indigenous people) and replace it with a new settler population. Settler...
shelf offering
Shelf offerings are a public offering of securities where the issuer can make multiple offerings based on the same prospectus, known as the core prospectus, as opposed to filing a new registration statement with every offering. Also referred...
shelf registration
See: shelf offering
[Last updated in January of 2022 by the Wex Definitions Team]
Shepard's citations
In the legal field, Shepard's is a highly regarded legal citation index. Named after legal publisher Frank Shepard, Shepard’s Citation Service allows researchers to track particular judicial decisions, statutes and other legal resources as...
Shepardize
To Shepardize a citation is to ascertain the subsequent treatment of a legal decision, thus putting its precedential value in a complete context. The term originates from the common historical use of Shepard’s Citation Service to track the...
Sherman v. Sherman, 330 N.J. Super. 638 (Ch.Div. 1999)
Sherman v. Sherman, 330 N.J. Super. 638 (Ch.Div. 1999), is a case regarding who controls the disposition of a corpse, with the court applying state legislation instead of common law principles on disposition.
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signal
A signal is a word or phrase briefly indicating the relevance of one or more cited sources. In formal legal writing, a signal often appears at the start of a citation sentence.
See order of signals for an index of different...
slavery
Slavery is the practice of forced labor and restricted liberty. It is also a regime where one class of people - the slave owners - could force another - the slaves - to work and limit their liberty. Throughout history, some forms of slavery...