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Home Dictionary Name: accidentalAccidental fire
Accidental fire. By the (English) Fires Prevention (Metropolis) Act, 1774 (14 Geo. 3, c. 78), s. 86, no action shall be prosecuted against any person in whose house, chamber, stable, barn, or other building, or on whose estate any fire shall accidentally begin; but nothing herein contained shall defeat any contract or agreement made between landlord and tenant. The statute will not protect tenants from the consequences of fires caused by their negligence.Accidental fire is not an act of God which can be traced to natural causes, Patel Roadways Ltd. v. Birla Yamaha Ltd., (2000) 4 SCC 91....
Accident, Accidental
Accident, Accidental, an accident is not the same as an occurrence, but something that happens out of the normal or ordinary course of things. An effect is said to be accidental when the act is not done with the intention of causing it, and its occurrence as a consequence of such act is not so probable that a person of ordinary prudence ought, under the circumstances in which it is done, to take reasonable precautions against it. The idea of something fortuitous and unexpected is involved in the word 'accident', Sukhdev Singh v. Delhi State, (2003) 7 SCC 441 (447). (Penal Code, 1860 s. 80)...
Accidental
Accidental, an effect is said to be accidental when the act is not done with the intention of causing it, and its occurrence as a consequence of such act is not so probable that a person of ordinary prudence ought, under the circumstances in which it is done, to take reasonable precautions against it, Sukhdev Singh v. Delhi State (Govt. of NCT of Delhi), (2003) 7 SCC 441 (446). (Indian Penal Code, s. 80)...
Deposit (accidental)
Deposit (accidental), is made where a chattel, through circumstances over which neither the owner nor the recipient has any immediate control, is deposited on the land or premises of another, Halsbury's Laws of England (2), para 1809, p. 836....
Wilful
Wilful, deliberate conduct of a person who is a free agent, knows that he is doing and intends to do what he is doing, Dictionary of Law by L.B. Curzon, p. 361. See also Chordia Automobiles v. S. Moosa, (2000) 3 SCC 282.Means 'governed by Will without yielding to reason or without regard to reason; obstinately or perversely self-willed, Webster's Third New International Dictionary, p. 2617; see also Chordia Automobiles v. S. Moosa, (2000) 3 SCC 282.Means intentional; not incidental or involuntary.Wilful means done intentionally, knowingly, and purposely, without justifiable excuse as distingui-shed from an act done carelessly; thoughtlessly, heedlessly or inadvertently;In common parlance word wilful is used in sense of intentional, as distinguished from accidental or involuntary, Word and Phrases, Chordia Automobiles v. S. Moosa, (2000) 3 SCC 282.Means an act or omission which is done voluntarily and intentionally and with the specific intent to do something the law forbids or with the...
battered child syndrome
battered child syndrome : the combination of grave physical injuries (as broken bones and bruises) that results from gross child abuse NOTE: Evidence of battered child syndrome is often used to establish that a child's death was not accidental. ...
casual
casual 1 a : not expected or foreseen b : not done purposefully : accidental 2 a : employed for irregular periods [a worker] b : engaging in an activity on an occasional basis [a seller] ...
double indemnity
double indemnity : a provision in a life insurance or accident policy whereby the company agrees to pay twice the face of the contract in case of accidental death ...
find
find found find·ing vt 1 : to come upon accidentally or through effort [found a valuable antique in the old desk] [found a buyer for the property] 2 : to make a judicial determination regarding [found the testimony not credible] [found the defendant guilty] compare decide, hold vi : to make a judicial determination [the jury found in favor of the plaintiff] ...
guest statute
guest statute : a statute that prevents non-paying passengers from suing the driver or owner of a car for accidental injuries except in cases of gross negligence or willful or wanton misconduct called also automobile guest statute ...
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