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rescue doctrine
from which the plaintiff reasonably undertook to rescue a third party NOTE: The act of rescue itself is considered foreseeable, and the negligence of the defendant is considered to be the proximate cause of injury to the
Rent
is usual, of half-yearly or quarterly payments, nothing is due until the end of the year. Rent is considered as of a higher nature than even a debt due on an instrument under seal, as between the
remittitur
appellate court b : a remission to a defendant by a plaintiff of the portion of a verdict considered excessive by the court c : the formal agreement or stipulation of a plaintiff waiving or releasing the
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National insurance
is obtained by a contract of bailment (e.g., a taxi-cab hired by a taxi-cab driver). The owner is considered to be the employer for the purpose of the Acts. (f) Employment by way of manual labour under
Middle aged
Being about the middle of the ordinary age of man early in the century it was considered between 30 and 50 years old but by the end of the 19th centruy it was considered as
Public policy, opposed to public policy
has varied from time to time. As new concepts take the place of old, transactions which were once considered against public policy are now being upheld by the courts and similarly where there has been a well
Quantum meruit
a plaintiff failing to prove a special contract to pay him a particular amount recovers what may be considered to be the value of his work, in which case he is said to recover on a quantum
Precedent
Co. v. London County Council, 1898 AC 75. The deci-sions of a judge at Nisi Prius are not considered binding. The decisions of the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council are not binding on the High Court,
Valuation
almost invariably to be undertaken whenever land is compulsorily acquired. The difficulties that surround this question were fully considered in the case of Re Lucas and Chesterfield Gas and Water Board, (1909) 1 KB 16, in which
committee
is committed compare conservator, curator, guardian, tutor 2 a : a body of persons delegated or assigned to consider, investigate, act on, or report on some matter ;esp : a group of fellow legislators chosen by a
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