courts and procedure

Service of process is the procedure by one party in a lawsuit or legal proceeding to give another party an appropriate notice of the initiation of legal action.

Set, when used as a verb, means to schedule. For example, to “set a case for trial.”

In the context of a bill of exchange, foreign bills of exchange are normally drawn in several parts. When a bill is drawn that way, it is said to be drawn in a set and, these parts when taken as a whole, form one bill. 

In a legal context, setting refers to the scheduled date and time for a legal proceeding, such as a trial or hearing.

A severability clause is a contract provision that keeps the remaining portions of the contract in force should a court declare one or more of its provisions unconstitutional, void, or unenforceable.

A sheriff’s sale is a public auction conducted by a sheriff or other law enforcement official, typically as a result of a court order to sell property to satisfy

Sherman Antitrust Act of 1890 is a federal statute that prohibits activities that restrict interstate commerce and competition in the marketplace.

• antitrust
• Sherman Antitrust Act
• antitrust law
• monopoly

Shifting the burden of proof refers to transferring the responsibility of producing evidence or persuading the fact-finder from one party to the other.

“Shocks the conscience” refers to situations that seem grossly unjust to the observer. Courts often use this phrase as a test to determine which situations are so unjust or wrong that the court must intervene. If some event shocks the conscience of the court, the court will look for some remedy to fix the problem. 

Shortening time is a court order made per the request of a party by a motion filed, allowing a motion or other legal matter to be set at a time shorter than provided by law or rules of court.

A shotgun charge (also referred to as dynamite, nitroglycerin, third-degree or Allen charge) refers to jury instructions given by a court to a hung jury to encourage it to continue deliberating until it reaches a