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1374 -~ ~ 1375 SHARE OF CORPORATE STOCK d by the ter being st during severed; arty may -d.R.Civil be tried or more in aepa- Universi- 0 S.W.2d nancy in ittes of e ace is no may also tt, etc., or images is ason of a d on the tse of its v. 105.40 .State of v part of pr taking tig out of damages 91 Acres D.C.Ark., s court in ermitting than ell ante" dr tses, each forceable Assn v. so Saver• for the reasons primer tic reed- for cer- v.Conde ,.2d 360. m is not acrs P~ ducts at soil and Excise it u ~. t i! :` ~. ~'i 'tb produced, United Gas Pipe Line Co. v. Whitman, La. App.. 390 So.2d 913, 918. Severe. Sharp, grave, distressing, violent, extreme, tor• lure, rigorous, difficult to be endured. Traders & Gener• al Ina. Co. v. Crouch, Tex.Civ.App., 113 S.W.2d 650, 652. Seward or seaward /s(yhiword/siywbrd/. One who guards the seacoast cwros marls. Sex. The sum of the peculiarities of structure and f~n~~ lion that distinguish a male from a female organism; the character of being male or female. Sexual abuse. Illegal sex acts performed against e minor by a parent, guardian, relative, or acquaintance. Sexual harassment. As type oCemployment discrimina• lion, includes sexual advances, requests for sexual fa- vors, end other verbal or physical conduct of a sexual nature prohibited by Federal law (Title VII of 1964 Civi4 Righn Act) and commonly by state statutes; e.g., Mass. G.L. c. 151 B, § 1(18). S.F.S. An abbreviation in the civil law for "sine ~mude sus"(without fraud on his pert). Shack. In old English law, the straying and escaping of cattle out of the lands of their owners into other unin• closed land; an intercommoning of cattle. Shakedown. Extortion of money with threats of physi- cal harm or, in case of police officer, threat of arrest. See also Blackmail; EMOAion. Shell. Aa used in statutes, contracts, or the like, this word is enere y tmpere the or man a ory. n common or ordinary par ante, an to tts or tnery signification. the term "shell" is a word of command, and one which has always or which must be given a compulsory mean- ing; as denoting obligation. The word in ordinary usage means "moat" and is inconsistent with a concept of discretion. People v. Municipal Court for Loa Angeles Judicial Dist., 149 C.A.3d 951, 197 Ca1.Rptr. 204, 206. It has the invariable significance of excluding the idea o7' discretion, and has the signi tcance o operating to im• pose a uty w tc may a en orce artreu ar t pu is tcy is in favor o t is meaning, or when a - dressed to publtc o Pcie s, or w ere a pu lit interest is involved, or where the public or persons have rights which ought to be exercised or enforced, unless a con- trary intent eppeare. People v. O'Rourke, 124 Ca1.App. 752, 13 P.2d 989. 992. But it may be construed as merely permissive or directory (aa equivalent to "may"), to carry out the fegislacive intention and in cases where no right or benefit to any one depends on its being taken in the imperative sense, and where no public or private right is impaiced by its interpretation in the other sense. Wisdom v. Baerd of Sup'rs of Polk County, 236 Iowa 669, 19 N.W.2d 602. 607, 608. Sham, False. In taxation, a transaction without sub stance that will be disregarded for tax purposes. See also Dummy. Sham pleading. Those which are inherently false and moat have been known by interposing party to be un• true. Pentecostal Holiness Church, Inc. v. Mauney, FIa.App., 270 So.2d 762, 769. A "sham pleading". sub ject to motion to strike (Fed.R.Civil P. 12(D), u one that is goad in form, but (else in fact, and not pleaded in good faith. Scott v. Meek, 228 S.C. 29, 88 S.E.2d 768, 769. A pleading is "sham" only when it is so clearly False that it does not raise any bona fide issue. Fontana v. Town of Hempstead. 219 N.Y.S.2d 383, 384. Pleading may be stricken as "sham" when its allegations appear false on the face of the pleading. Kashmir Corp. v. Nelson, 37 Or.App. 887, 588 P.2d 133. 336. Shanghaiing sailors. /shtighey/. Practice of drugging, tricking, intoxicating or otherwise forcing persons to become sailors-usually to secure advance money or a premium. Under federal law, the offense of procuring or induc• ing, or attempting to do so, by farce, or threats, or by representations which one knows or believes to be un- true, or while the person is intoxicated or under the influence of any drug, to go on board of any vessel, or agree to do so, to perform service or labor thereon, sueh vessel being engaged in interstate or foreign commerce, on the high seas or any navigable water of the United States, or knowingly to detain on board such vessel such person, so procured or induced, or knowingly aiding or abetting such things. 18 U.S.C.A, § 2194. Share, u. To partake; enjoy with others; have a portion of. Share, n. Apart or definite portion of a thing owned by e number of persons in common and contemplates some- thing owned in common by two or more persons end has reference to that pert of the undivided interest which belongs to some one of them. A unit of stock represent• ing ownership in a corporation. "Share" means the unit into which the proprietary interests in a corporation are divided. Rev. Model Bus. Corp. Act, § 1.40. See a4o Distributive share; Share of corporate stock; Stock. Share and share alike. In equal shares or proportions. The words commonly indicate per capita division; end they may be applied to a division between classes as well as to a division among individuals. See Per capita. Share certificate. An instrument of a corporation certi- fying chat the person therein named is entitled to a certain number of shares; is is prima facie evidence of his title thereto. Document which evidences partic- ipation in a voting trust of shares of a corporation. Sharecropper. Type of tenant farmer who lives on and works the land of another, his compensation being a portion of the crops minus any advances for seed, food, tools, etc. Sharecropping. Type of agricultural arrangement in which the landowner leases land and equipment to tenant or sharecropper who, in turn, gives to the land- lord apercentage of the crops as rent. Shareholder. See Stockholder (Shareholder]. Share of corporate stock. The unit into which the proprietary interests in a corporation ere divided. Rev.