shifting
71shifting the burden of proof — 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… …
72shifting burden of tax — Employing a condition in a will whereunder certain bequests are to bear the burden of an inheritance or estate tax, thereby relieving from payment of such tax a bequest which otherwise would be chargeable therewith. Anno: 117 ALR 126; 37 ALR2d… …
73shifting descents — The rule of the English common law that a descent of land, once vested, is liable to be defeated by the later birth of an heir, even a remote heir who, however, is in a nearer degree of kinship than the heir in whom the descent first vested. 23… …
74shifting of burden of proof — The passing of the burden of proof in the sense of the duty of producing evidence to meet the evidence produced, or the prima facie case made by one s adversary, from side to side as the trial of the case progresses and evidence is introduced by… …
75shifting risk — See blanket policy …
76shifting severalty — An estate in land of limited duration …
77shifting stock — The ordinary stock of merchandise which from day to day is depleted by sales and restored by purchases …
78shifting uses — Estates in futuro, known as executory interests, created by conveyances to uses, recognized in equity and validated by the Statute of Uses, but invalid under the early common law as in contravention of the rigid rules against a limitation of a… …
79shifting backstay — noun : a permanent stay so rigged as to be set up or cast off as the working of a ship requires …
80shifting pedal — noun : soft pedal 1 …