Chains - Law Dictionary Search Results
Home Dictionary Name: chainschain gang
chain gang : a group of convicts chained together esp. to work outside a prison ...
chain of causation
chain of causation :the causal connection between an original cause and its subsequent effects esp. as a basis for criminal or civil liability [intervening acts of third parties will not break the chain of causation "Brownell v. Figel, 950 F.2d 1285 (1991)"] see also nexus ...
chain of title
chain of title :the succession of conveyances of the title to a particular item of real property (as a house) NOTE: The chain of title is usually stated or shown in an abstract of title. ...
chained
bound with chains as prisoners chained together to prevent escape...
Chain pump
A pump consisting of an endless chain running over a drum or wheel by which it is moved and dipping below the water to be raised The chain has at intervals disks or lifts which fit the tube through which the ascending part passes and carry the water to the point of discharge...
chains
metal shackles connected by chains used to bind hands or legs as he was kept two weeks in chains...
Gunters chain
The chain ordinarily used in measuring land See Chain n 4 and Gunters scale...
Markov chain
A random process Markov process in which the probabilities of discrete states in a series depend only on the properties of the immediately preceding state or the next preceeding state independent of the path by which the preceding state was reached It differs from the more general Markov process in that the states of a Markov chain are discrete rather than continuous Certain physical processes such as diffusion of a molecule in a fluid are modelled as a Markov chain See also random walk...
Side chain theory
A theory proposed by P Ehrlich as a chemical explanation of immunity phenomena In brief outline it is as follows Animal cells and bacteria are complex aggregations of molecules which are themselves complex Complex molecules react with one another through certain of their side chains but only when these side chains have a definite correspondence in structure this accounts for the specific action of antitoxins...
Hanging in chains
Hanging in chains. In atrocious cases it was at one time usual for the Court to direct a murderer, after execution, to be hanged upon a gibbet in chains near the place where the murder was committed, a practice abolished by 4 & 5 Wm. 4, c. 26....
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