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cas fortuit

cas fortuit [Anglo-French] : fortuitous event

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adjudicate

sale vi : to come to a judicial decision : act as judge [the court adjudicated upon the case] ad·ju·di·ca·tion [ə-jü-di-kā-shən] n ad·ju·di·ca·tive [ə-jü-di-kā-tiv, -kə-] n ad·ju·di·ca·tor [-kā-tər] n

confiscate

of land for its designated purpose and the setting of utility rates so low that the utility company cannot realize a reasonable return on its investment. con·fis·ca·tion [kÄ n-fə-skā-shən] n con·fis·ca·tor [kÄ n-fə-skā-tər] n con·fis·ca·to·ry [kən-fis-kə-tōr-ē] adj

Crime of violence

of immediate physical harm, Regina (August) v. Criminal Injuries Panel (CA), (2001) 2 WLR 1452. Includes personal injury caused by arson and by poisoning, R. (August) v. Criminal Injuries Panel (CA), (2001) QB LR 774.

Contingent liability

(1999) 3 WLR 716. Contingent liability, must arise out of an existing or underlying liability, no such liability can exist simply by reason of a claim for costs made in a writ, summons, application or notice of

Perpetuity

personal, and whether limited by deed or will, and may be thus stated: that the vesting of property cannot be postponed, or the alienation of it restricted, beyond any number of lives in being [whether interested or

Income

all income, profits and gains from whatever source deprived. The definition of 'income' in Shaw Wallace & Co. case, 1932 (59) IA 206, as a periodical monetary return coming in with some sort of regularity, or expected

Defeasance

Defeasance, is a provision which limits or defeats the operation of the Bill, Blaiberg v. Beckett, (1886) 16 QBD 96 (101) (CA) (UK). Ordinarily denotes a provision which defeats the operation of a deed but is...

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