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dram shop act
dram shop act : a law imposing civil liability on the owner of an establishment that sells alcoholic beverages to an intoxicated person who causes injury to another as a result of the intoxication called also civil damage act civil liability act ...
liability
liability pl: -ties 1 : the quality or state of being liable 2 : something for which one is liable: as a : a financial obligation : debt [tax ] [the bonds are liabilities] compare asset contingent liability : an amount that may or may not be owed depending on the outcome of a contingency (as a cosigner's default on a loan) fixed liability : a liability (as a bond or mortgage) that does not mature for at least one year from the date incurred or from a given date b : accountability and responsibility to another enforceable by civil remedies or criminal sanctions [ for injuries caused by their product] absolute liability : strict liability in this entry alternative liability : joint liability imposed on multiple tortfeasors when there are simultaneous tortious acts (as defective manufacture of parts of a wheel by different manufacturers) and uncertainty as to which act was the proximate cause of an injury compare concert of action civil liability : liability imposed under c...
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 ...
Conspiracy
Conspiracy. 'A conspiracy is an agreement by two or more persons to carry out an unlawful common purpose, or to carry out a lawful common purpose by unlawful means. It is a misdemeanour at common law, punishable with fine and imprisonment to any extent; and also with hard labour in the case of ' any conspiracy to cheat or defraud, or to extort money or goods, or falsely to accuse of any crime, or to obstruct, prevent, pervert or defeat the course of public justice ''(14 & 15 Vict. c. 100, s. 29); see Odgers on the Common Law, 2nd Edn. P. 255. 'If in carrying into effect a criminal conspiracy the conspirators inflict loss and damage on a private individual, he will have a private action for the particular damage which 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 are undoubtedly cases in which two or more persons ca...
Liability incurred
Liability incurred, the words 'liability incurred' are very general and comprehensive and ordinarily take in both civil and criminal liability, Kapor Chand Pokhraj v. State of Bombay, AIR 1958 SC 993 (995): 1959 SCR 250. [Bombay Sales Tax Act, (3 of 1953), s. 48(2)(1)]...
Escape
Escape [fr. echapper, Fr., to fly from], a violent or private evasion out of some lawful restraint; as where a man is arrested 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 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. 39 of the (English) Sheriffs Act, 1887. Escapes are either voluntary, by the express consent of the keeper, after which he never can take his prisoner again (though the plaintiff may retake him at any time), but the sheriff had to answer for the debt, and he had no remedy over against the person escaping; or, negligent, where a prisoner escapes without his keeper's knowledge or consent, and then upon fresh pursuit the defendant may be retaken, even on a Sunday, and the sheriff was excused, if he had him again, before ...
Workmen's Compensation Act
Workmen's Compensation Act. (English) The Workmen's Compensation Act, 1897, introduced the principle of compulsory insurance of workmen by employers in a restricted number of trades. The gist of a right to compensation under the Acts is 'accident arising out of and in the course of the employment' causing personal injury to a workman (Workmen's Compensation Act, 1925 [15 & 16 Geo. 5, c. 84), s. 1 (1)] The compensation is not damages for negligence or any 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 the workman or his representatives may elect between the remedies, and in an unsuccessful action for damages the Court may assess or refer the question of compensation to the proper tribunal, subject to an equitable order for costs (Workmen's Compensation Act, 1925, s. 25). Compensation is not payable for a...
Riding or driving furiously
Riding or driving furiously, an offence against the Highway Act, 1835, s. 78 (if it endanger the life or limb 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 the Person Act, 1861, s. 35; Road Traffic Act, 1930 (20 & 21 Geo. 5, c. 43), s. 11; and see Chit. Stat. tits. 'Highways,' 'Police,' and 'Police (Metropolis)...
Public nuisance
Public nuisance, in India it is a punishable offence; the ingredients of this offence are: (1) doing of any act or illegal omission to do an 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. Comfort and conveniences of class ......... To establish the offence of public nuisance it is necessary to show that a substantive section of the public has been affected, as opposed to just a few individuals, Strouds Judicial Dictionary, Vol. 2, p. 212...
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