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malicious prosecution
malicious prosecution : the tort of initiating a criminal prosecution or civil suit against another party with malice and without probable cause ;also : an action for damages based on
Damage
A plurality of variants steaming out of a core concept is seen in such words as actual damages, civil damages, compensatory damages, consequential damages, contingent damages, continuing damages, double damages, excessive damages, exemplary damages, general damages, irreparable
arrest
for any felony actually committed, or for a breach of the peace committed in his or her presence. civil arrest : the arrest and detention of a defendant in a civil suit until he or she posts
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cause
& Comment"] b : case [questions of law…determinative of the then pending "R. T. Gerwatowski"] 4 in the civil law of Louisiana : the reason for making a contract compare frustration NOTE: Under the Louisiana Civil Code,
damage
from injury to person, property, or reputation 2 pl : the money awarded to a party in a civil suit as reparation for the loss or injury for which another is liable see also additur, cover, mitigate,
delict
[Latin delictum misdeed, offense, from neuter past participle of delinquere to commit (an offense), err] 1 in the civil law of Louisiana : offense ;esp : an offense other than breach of contract that creates an obligation
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
force
force 1 : a cause of motion, activity, or change intervening force : a force that acts after another's negligent act or omission has occurred and that causes injury to another : intervening cause at cause...
fruit
Court was asked to extend the…fruits doctrine "Oregon v. Elstad, 470 U.S. 298 (1985)"] 2 a in the civil Law of Louisiana : property (as income or goods) produced by or derived from other movable or immovable
jurisdiction
"W. R. LaFave and A. W. Scott, Jr."] diversity jurisdiction : the jurisdiction granted to federal courts over civil disputes involving parties having diverse citizenship (as in being from different states) where the matter in controversy exceeds
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