Law Dictionary Definitions

scrip dividend.See DIVIDEND. [Blacks Law 8th]

scrip. 1. A document that entitles the holder to receive something of value. See LAND SCRIP. 2. Money, esp. paper money, that is issued for temporary use. Internet scrip. 1. Value that may be exchanged over the Internet but may not be exchanged for money. • Internet scrip is analogous to coupons or bonus points…

Scribes. See AMERICAN SOCIETY OF WRITERS ON LEGAL SUBJECTS. [Blacks Law 8th]

scribere est agere (skrI-b<<schwa>>-ree est aj-<<schwa>>-ree). [Latin] Hist. To write is to act. “But now it seems clearly to be agreed, that, by the common law and the statute of Edward III, words spoken amount only to a high misdemeanor, and no treason. For they may be spoken in heat, without any intention …. If…

scriba (skrI-b<<schwa>>), n.[Latin] Roman law. A court or office clerk; a scribe; a secretary. • In England, the scriba regis was the king’s secretary. Cf. NOTARIUS. [Blacks Law 8th]

scribe. See SECRETARY(3). [Blacks Law 8th]

screen-scraping,n. Intellectual property. The practice of extracting data directly from one website and displaying it on another website. • The source website’s database is not used — only the display. Screen-scraping may infringe the extracted website-owner’s copyright in the contents. — screen-scrape,vb. [Blacks Law 8th]

screening mechanism.See ETHICAL WALL. [Blacks Law 8th]

screening grand jury.See GRAND JURY. [Blacks Law 8th]

screening committee.See COMMITTEE. [Blacks Law 8th]