Dred Scott v. Sandford. Dred Scott. Dred Scott v. Sandford, otherwise known as the Dred Scott Decision, was a case decided by the Supreme Court of the United States in 1857 and seen as a landmark decision in the debate surrounding the constitutionality and legality of slavery.
A diagram displaying equal margins of width 25mm on an A4 page. In typography, a margin is the area between the main content of a page and the page edges. The margin helps to define where a line of text begins and ends. When a page is justified the text is spread out to be flush with the left and right margins.
1. the space around the printed or written matter on a page. 2. a border; edge. 3. an amount allowed or available beyond what is necessary: margin for error. 4. a limit beyond or below which something ceases to exist or to be desirable or possible: the margin of endurance. 5. an amount or degree of difference: to win by a margin of three votes.