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Constructive total loss
the assurers notice of abandonment. Generally there is a constructive total loss when the subject-matter assured has not actually perished or lost its form or species, but has, by one of the perils insured against, been reduced
cause
the plaintiff's injury] NOTE: The cause of an injury must be proven in both tort and criminal cases. actual cause : cause in fact in this entry but-for cause : cause in fact in this entry cause
collation
estate under an intestate succession, literally, bringing together of goods] in the civil law of Louisiana : the actual or supposed return of goods to the mass of the succession that is made by an heir who
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constructive
created by a legal fiction: as a : inferred by a judicial construction or interpretation b : not actual but implied by operation of the law [made a entry when he refused to take the opportunity for
delivery
of property (as a gift) ;esp : the transfer of possession or exclusive control of property to another actual delivery : a delivery (as by hand or shipment) of actual physical property (as jewelry or stock certificates)
fact
something done, from neuter of factus, past participle of facere to do, make] 1 : something that has actual existence : a matter of objective reality 2 : any of the circumstances of a case that exist
libel
that some injury (as to reputation) occurred that gives him or her a right to recover damages (as actual, general, presumed, or special damages). The defendant may plead and establish the truth of the statements as a
ownership
compare fee simple absolute at fee simple os·ten·si·ble ownership [Ä -sten-sə-bəl] : ownership that is apparent rather than actual and that sometimes is recognized in cases of purchase of the property by an innocent third party [a
zone of danger
zone of danger :the area within which one is in actual physical peril from the negligent conduct of another person NOTE: Some jurisdictions require that a bystander who witnesses
Attempt to commit crime
act done in part-execution of a criminal design, amounting to more than mere preparation, but falling short of actual consummation, and, possessing, except for failure to consummate, all the elements of the substantive crime. In other words,
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