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Action
Action, conduct, something done; also the form prescribed by Law for the recovery of one's due, or the lawful
action
action [Latin actio legal proceeding, from agere to do, carry out, initiate legal proceedings] 1 a : a judicial … "R. H. Bork"] 3 : a voluntary act of will that manifests itself externally : a mode of conduct
Negligence
an omission to do something which a reasonable man guided upon those considerations who ordinarily by reason of conduct of human affairs would do or obligated to, or by doing something which a prudent or reasonable man … the public, for whom they are intended: see e.g., Grant v. Australian Knitting Mills Ltd., 79 SJ 815. Action by Representatives of Deceased Persons.--An action for pecuniary loss arising from negligence causing death passes to the representative
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Damages
But when the amount to be recovered depends on all the circumstances of the case and on the conduct of the parties, and is fixed by opinion or by an estimate, the damages are said to be … up by a defendant by way of counter-claim, which must formerly have been the subject of a separate action; and, therefore, a defendant may in effect recover damages. See R.S.C., Ord. XXI., R. 17, and COUNTER-CLAIM, Damages
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