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.
Definition of margin for English Language Learners. : 1  the part of a page that is above, below, or to the side of the printed part. : 2  the place where something (such as a piece of land) stops : the edge of something. : 3  an extra amount of something (such as time or space) that can be used if it is needed.