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concert of action : a theory in torts that imposes liability on all defendants who have committed tortious acts that contributed to the plaintiff's injury even though only one actually caused the injury compare alternative liability at liability 2 : a rule in criminal law that holds an aider and abettor liable for commission of a criminal act by the principal NOTE: Concert of action does not apply where the crime requires more than one person for its commission. ...
Concertion
Act of concerting adjustment...
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...
Agreement
Agreement [fr. gratus, Lat., acceptable; aggregatio mentium, Lat.], a consensus of two or more minds in anything done or to be done. See CONTRACT.Includes any arrangement or understanding, whether or not it is intended that such agreement shall be enforceable (apart from any provision of this Act) by legal proceedings. [Monopolies and Restrictive Trade Practices Act, 1969 (54 of 1969), s. 2 (a)]Means an agreement entered into under s. 20. [Pharmacy Act, 1948 (8 of 1948), s. 2 (a)]Means an agreement (whether written or oral, or partly written and partly oral) between a debtor and creditor, and includes an agreement providing for forced labour, the existence of which is presumed under any social custom prevailing in the concerned locality. [Bonded Labour System (Abolition) Act, 1976 (19 of 1976), s. 2 (b)]The expression 'agreement' referred to in the clause (b) of Article 73 has to be considered in terms of Article 299 of the Constitution, Sharma Transport v. Government of A.P., (2002) 2...
VerbarImpresario
The projector manager or conductor of an opera or concert company...
Jointly
In a joint manner together unitedly in concert not separately...
hootenanny
An informal social gathering or concert featuring mostly folk songs sometimes dancing and where the audience often participates in the singing...
opposite
Placed over against standing or situated over against or in front facing often with to as a house opposite to the Exchange the concert hall and the state theater stood opposite each other on the plaza...
Preconcert
To concert or arrange beforehand to settle by previous agreement...
Council
Council, an assembly of persons for the purposes of concerting measures of state or municipal policy--hence called councillors.A municipal council, commonly called a town council, consists of the mayor, aldermen, and councillors, the councillors being elected by the ratepayers (women included), and the aldermen being elected by the councillors,the term of office of a councillor being three years, and tht of an alderman six. One-third of the councillors go out every year, and one-half of the aldermen (who always number one-third of the councillors) in every third year. See (English) Local Government Act, 1933 (23 & 24 Geo. 5, c. 51), ss. 17-23, which repeal and replace (except as to London) (English) Municipal Corporations Act, 1882 (45 & 46 Vict. c. 50), ss. 10-14. As to Army Council, county councils, district councils, and parish councils, see those titles....
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