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Administrative law
functions of public authorities and officers and of tribunals, judicial review of the exercise of those functions, the civil liability and legal protection of those purporting to exercise them and aspects of the means whereby extra-judicial redress may
Malice exception
Malice exception, A limitation on a public official's qualified immunity, by which the official can face Civil liability for wilfully exercising discretion in a way that violates a known or well-established right, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th
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
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Fatuous persons
Fatuous persons, idiots. Includes express reference to 'breach of statutory duty' and to 'liability in tort', Standard Chartered Bank v. Pakistan Shipping Corpn. (No. 4) (CA), (2000) 3 WLR 1692. Means negligence, breach of
benefit
benefit to the remaining land as a set-off against the landowner's damages for the taking. 2 in the civil law of Louisiana : a right esp. that serves to limit a person's liability benefit of dis·cus·sion :
foreseeability
Cal. Ass'n of Seventh Day Adventists, 14 Cal. App. 3d 209 (1971)"] 2 : the doctrine esp. of tort and contract law that liability is limited to losses that are foreseeable see also Palsgraf v. Long Island
in commendam
in commendam [New Latin, translation of French (societé) en commandité (company) in limited partnership] in the civil law of Louisiana : characterized by partnership liability that is limited to the amount of capital contribution see
recklessness
or state of being reckless ;also : reckless conduct compare negligence NOTE: Recklessness may be the basis for civil and often criminal liability. Unlike negligence it requires conscious disregard of risk to others.
Actio commodati directa
lent to the defendant and the fulfilment of all other liabilities undergone by the borrower ex bona fide, Civil Law. … order to enforce the recovery of the object lent to the defendant and the fulfilment of all other liabilities undergone by the borrower ex bona fide, Civil Law.
Agent
maxim, qui facit per alium facit per se, to fix him with the same liability in contract or tort as if he had done it himself. See BROKER, FACTOR, MERCANTILE AGENT, VICARIOUS RESPONSIBILITY, and consult Bowstead on
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