Law Dictionary Definitions

scheme. 1. A systemic plan; a connected or orderly arrangement, esp. of related concepts <legislative scheme>.2. An artful plot or plan, usu. to deceive others <a scheme to defraud creditors>. [Blacks Law 8th]

scheduled property.See PROPERTY. [Blacks Law 8th]

scheduled injury.See INJURY. [Blacks Law 8th]

schedule,n. A written list or inventory; esp., a statement that is attached to a document and that gives a detailed showing of the matters referred to in the document <Schedule B to the title policy lists the encumbrances on the property>. — schedule,vb. — scheduled,adj. [Blacks Law 8th]

scènes à faire (sen ah fair). [French “scenes for action”] Copyright. Standard or general themes that are common to a wide variety of works and are therefore not copyrightable. • Examples of scènes à faire are obvious plot elements and character types. [Cases: Copyrights and Intellectual Property 12(2).] [Blacks Law 8th]

scatter-point analysis.A method for studying the effect that minority-population changes have on voting patterns, involving a plotting of the percentage of votes that candidates receive to determine whether voting percentages increase or decrease as the percentages of voters of a particular race increase or decrease. [Blacks Law 8th]

scarlet-letter sentence.See shame sanction under SANCTION. [Blacks Law 8th]

scarlet-letter punishment.See shame sanction under SANCTION. [Blacks Law 8th]

scandalum magnatum (skan-d<<schwa>>-l<<schwa>>m mag-nay-t<<schwa>>m). [Law Latin] Hist. Actionable slander of powerful people; specif., defamatory comments regarding persons of high rank, such as peers, judges, or state officials. “Words spoken in derogation of a peer, a judge, or other great officer of the realm, which are called scandalum magnatum, are held to be still more heinous;…

scandalous subject matter.Trademarks. A word, phrase, symbol, or graphic depiction that the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office may refuse to register because it is shockingly offensive to social mores. • Although the Lanham Act uses the phrase “immoral, deceptive, or scandalous subject matter,” courts have not distinguished “scandalous” from “immoral.” [Cases: Trade Regulation 161. C.J.S.…