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Lay Rector

1896, P. 92, and Stuart v. Haughley Parish Church Council, 104 LJ Ch 314, with the rights to contribution from other lay impropriators. As to any right to occupy a seat in the chancel of a church,

Collision of ships

2nd, viz., where both parties are to blame, the rule was that if the negligence of both substantially contributed to the accident, neither could maintain an action against the other; but that if one of them by

insured plan

insured plan : a pension or retirement plan managed by an insurance company under which contributions are used to purchase life insurance or annuities as a means of funding the benefits promised

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Collatio bonorum

Collatio bonorum (a contribution of goods). Where a portion or money, advanced by the father to a son or daughter, is brought

gain

the civil law of Louisiana : a class of community property that reflects the increase in property value contributed by the common skill or labor of the spouses gain vb

res ipsa loquitur

res ipsa loquitur to apply, the accident in question must not be due to any voluntary action or contribution by the plaintiff. The doctrine has traditionally required that a defendant have exclusive control over the instrumentality of

pretax

pretax : existing or occurring before the assessment or deduction of taxes [ income] [ contributions]

pension

under given conditions to a person following retirement or to surviving dependents see also defined benefit plan, defined contribution plan

noncontributory

noncontributory : making or involving no contribution ;specif : involving, relating to, or being an employee benefit plan (as a pension plan) in which the

necessaries

or of the child of divorced parents and for which one spouse or parent may seek reimbursement or contribution from the other b : essential goods or services furnished to a vessel whose supplier may be entitled

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