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civil liability act
Matched in: Term civil liability act
liability
Matched in: Term liability
dram shop act
intoxicated person who causes injury to another as a result of the intoxication called also civil damage act civil liability act
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Conspiracy
he has thus separately suffered'; ibid. pp. 256, 625. There are also, it seems, what may be called civil con-spiracies, i.e., conspiracies which may be the foundation of an action, though not of an indictment; and there … injure the plaintiff, although if one of them did the same act by himself he would escape all liability (ibid. p. 629); but see, as to the limits of this rule, Mogul Steamship Co. v. McGregor, 1892
Liability incurred
Matched in: Term Liability incurred
Escape
or imprisoned, and gets away before he is delivered by due course of law. Escapes are either in civil or criminal cases. (1) Civil. The abolition of imprisonment for debt has rendered this all but obsolete, and … of imprisonment for debt has rendered this all but obsolete, and the sheriff is expressly discharged from any liability by s. 31 of the Prison Act, 1877, repealed and re-enacted by s. 16, sub-s. 2, and s.
Workmen's Compensation Act
other tort at common law or by statute (see COMPBELL (LORD) ACTS (Fatal Accidents Acts, 1846-1908) and Employers Liability Act, 1880, sub tit. MASTER AND SERVANT), and an employer is not liable both for damages and compensation; but … his earnings is from 200l. to 300l., and the total amount of compensation payable, 600l. (s. 8). The procedure is not by way of action, but is by reference to an arbitration, generally a county Court judge,
Riding or driving furiously
of any passenger), punishable by fine up to 5l. (10l. if the owner) in addition to liability to civil action. See also Town Police Clauses Act, 1847, s. 28: Metropolitan Police Act, 1839, s. 54; Offences against
Public nuisance
act; (2) the act or omission causes any common injury, danger or annoyance to the public; has both civil as well as criminal liability, Indian Penal Code, s. 268. Means any nuisance which materially affects the reasonable.
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 … 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
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