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Dangerous goods, Act as to the carriage and deposit of, 29 & 30 Vict. c. 39, repealed by the Explosives Act, 1875. See EXPLOSIVE SUBSTANCES; Bamfield v. Goole Transport Co., (1910) 2 KB 94; and Dominion Natural Gas Co. v. Collins,1909 AC 640. As to the sale of dangerous goods, see Clarke v. Army & Navy Co-operative Soc., (1903) 1 KB 155.In Merchant Shipping Act, 1894 (s. 446) 'Dangerous goods', is defined to mean 'acqua fortis, vitriol, naphta, benzine, gunpowder, lucifer matches, nitroglycerine, petroleum, any explosives within the meaning of the Explosives Act, 1875, and any other goods which are of a dangerous nature.Means any article or substance which is capable of posing significant risk to health, safety or property when carried by air, Air Navigation (Dangerous Goods) Regulation, 1985, SI 1985/1939, reg. 3(1) (UK), Halsbury's Laws of England (2), para 1654, p. 810.Means goods designated as dangerous goods by safety regulations under the Merchant Shipping Act, 1995, s. 87(5) (UK...
dangerous instrument
dangerous instrument : an object capable of causing bodily injury either because of an inherent quality or because of the manner in which it is used called also dangerous instrumentality NOTE: An object is more likely to be deemed a dangerous instrument on the basis of how it is used in criminal cases than in tort cases. For example, a sidewalk has been held to be a dangerous instrument in a criminal case in which the defendant struck the victim's head against it. In tort cases, esp. where strict liability is to be imposed, the object usually has to have some inherently dangerous quality. ...
Dangerous
Dangerous, includes dangerous to animals, Henderson v. M. Kenzie, (1876) 3 R 623, Halsbury's Laws of England (2), para 373, p. 176.-- For a house to be dangerous if is sufficient if there is an apprehension of danger of injury to adjoining houses or their inhabitants or even to trespassers, and an owner may still be liable even though the council has itself temporarily shored up a building, LCC v. Jones, (1912) 2 KB 504....
Dangerous machinery
Dangerous machinery.--By s. 1 (d) of the Factory and Workshop Act, 1901, 1 Edw. 7, c. 22, Chitty's Statutes, tit. 'Factories':--All dangerous parts of the machinery and every part of the mill gearing must either be securely fenced, or be in such position, or of such construction as to be equally safe to every person employed or working in the factory as it would be if it were securely fenced.Non-compliance with this statutory duty will be prima facie evidence of negligence on the part of the employer, Groves v. Lord Wimborne, (1898) 2 QB 402.As to dangerous machinery in and about mines, see Coal Mines Act,1911, ss. 55, 108. See Todrick v. Halliday, 1928 SLT 539.A machine of such a nature that any accident in the course of operation thereof is likely to cause to its operator death, dis-memberment of any limb or other bodily injury, may, by notification in the Official Gazette, specify as dangerous machine....
Dangerous place
Dangerous place. S. 30 of the (English) Public Health Acts Amendment Act, 1907 (7 Edw. 7, c. 53), provides as follows:-30. With respect of the repairing or enclosing of dangerous places the following provisions shall have effect (namely):-(1) If in any situation fronting, adjoining, or abutting on any street or public footpath, any building, wall, fence, steps, structure or other thing, or any well, excavation, reservoir, pond, stream, dam or bank is, for want of sufficient repair, protection, or enclosure, dangerous to the persons lawfully using the street or footpath, the local authority may, by notice in writing served upon the owner, require him, within the period specified in the notice and hereinafter in this s. referred to as the 'prescribed period,' to repair, remove, protect, or enclose the same so as to prevent any danger therefrom:(2) If, after service of the notice on the owner, he shall neglect to comply with the requirements thereof within the prescribed period, the local...
Drugs, Dangerous
Drugs, Dangerous. The importation, exportation, manufacture, sale, and use of opium and other dangerous drugs is regulated by the (English) Dangerous Drugs Act, 1920 to 1932. Raw opium may only be imported and exported under license and at approved ports, and regulations are authorized for restricting its production, possession, sale, and distribution. The importation or exportation of opium prepared for smoking is absolutely prohibited. Medicinal opium, morphine, cocaine, ecgonine, heroin, and new drugs specified by Order in Council may only be imported or exported by license: their manufacture and sale are regulated. Wide powers of arrest are given to the police and severe penalties provided for offenders against these Acts. The (English) Extradition Act, 1932 (22 & 23 Geo. 5, c. 39), includes offences in relation to dangerous drugs and attempts to commit such offences, among extradition crimes. See also the Pharmacy Act, 1868, and the (English) Poisons and Pharmacy Act, 1908. See CH...
abnormally dangerous activity
abnormally dangerous activity : an activity esp. that is not common in or appropriate to an area, that creates a high degree of risk of harm to someone or something despite the exercise of due care, and whose value to the community in the area is outweighed by the risk of harm compare ultrahazardous activity NOTE: Abnormally dangerous activities are subject to strict liability. Abnormally dangerous activity and ultrahazardous activity are sometimes used interchangeably. ...
zone of danger
zone of danger :the area within which one is in actual physical peril from the negligent conduct of another person NOTE: Some jurisdictions require that a bystander who witnesses a direct injury to another can only recover for negligent infliction of emotional distress if he or she was also in the zone of danger—that is, in actual danger of physical injury. ...
Danger
Danger, means danger to health or danger to life or any part of body from shock, burn or other injury to persons, or property, or from fire or explosion, attendant upon the generation, transmission, transformation, conversion, distribution or use of energy. [Indian Electricity Rules, 1956, s. 2 (1) (o)]...
Dangerous machine
Dangerous machine, means a power thresher, and includes any such machine intended to be used in the agricultural or rural sector the Central Government, being of opinion that it is of such a nature that any accident in the course of operation thereof is likely to cause to its operator death, dismemberment of any limb or other bodily injury, may, by notification in the Official Gazette, specify as dangerous machine. [Dangerous Machines (Regulation) Act, 1983 (35 of 1983), s. 3 (c)]...
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