Sidebar

n. framed story, story or news item that is related and complementary to a main news story (in Journalism); conference or discussion held in a courtroom between the judge and the lawyers in a manner that the people on the jury cannot hear (in Law); rectangular bar that contains text located beside the main text in a Web document (Computers)

Sidebar may refer to:Sidebar (publishing)Sidebar (law)Sidebar (computing), a software docked to the left or right of a screen listing mini utility applications that are sometimes called "gadgets". Sidebars include:Windows Sidebar, made by Microsoft available on Windows Vista onlyDesktop Sidebar, a third party freeware cloneSidebar, included in Google Desktop
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The Windows Sidebar is a panel for Desktop Gadgets that is anchored to the side of the Windows Vista desktop. Users can add gadgets from gallery.live.com which were made by other users. Sidebar gadgets can perform various tasks, such as displaying the time and date and showing the CPU usage.
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Noun
1. (law) a courtroom conference between the lawyers and the judge that is held out of the jury's hearing
(hypernym) consultation
(classification) law, jurisprudence
2. a short news story presenting sidelights on a major story
(hypernym) news article, news story, newspaper article

SIDEBAR - A conference between the judge and lawyers held out of earshot of the jury and spectators. There is no hard rule on when the conversation is recorded by the court reporter

SIDE BAR RULES - Eng practice. Rules which were formerly moved for by attorneys on the side bar of the court; but now may be had of the clerk of the rules, upon a praecipe. These rules are, that the sheriff return his writ; that he bring in the body; for special imparlance; to be present at the taxing of costs, and the like.
   

This entry contains material from Bouvier's Legal Dictionary, a work published in the 1850's.

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