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fellow-servant rule
fellow-servant rule : a common-law rule or doctrine in tort law: an employer is not liable for injuries inflicted on one employee by the fault of another employee during the course of his or her employment...
final rule
final rule : a rule promulgated by an administrative agency after the public has had an opportunity to comment on the proposed rule
Wharton's Rule
Wharton's Rule [after Francis Wharton (1820-89), American lawyer and author, who formulated it] : a rule that prohibits the prosecution of two persons for conspiracy to commit a particular offense when the offense in question can...
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four corners rule
four corners rule : a rule holding that if a document (as a contract, deed, or will) appears on its face to be complete no outside evidence may be used to challenge it NOTE: The number...
Road, Rule of the
Road, Rule of the, the old common law rule, in riding or driving, to keep on the left side (sometimes called the near side) when meeting, and on the right when passing-a departure from which rule...
McNabb-Mallory rule
McNabb-Mallory rule, Criminal Procedure the doctrine that a confession is inadmissible if obtained during an reasonably long detention period between arrest and preliminary hearing. Because of the broader protections afforded under the Mioranda rule, the McNabb-Mallory...
Low visibility rules
Low visibility rules, these are rules of law which are made inaccessible to the public. Generally these are obscure laws, with far reaching powers and which infringe fundamental rights and those which the state does not...
Interim orders/interlocutory orders
Interim orders/interlocutory orders, passed during the pendency of a case, fall under one or the other of the following categories: (i) Orders which finally decide a question or issue in controversy in the main case. (ii)...
Delivery order
Delivery order, a delivery order is an order by the owner of goods directing the person who holds them on
rule in Shelley's case
rule in Shelley's case [from Wolfe v. Shelley, a 1581 English case invoking the rule] : a former common-law rule that converted a life estate of an ancestor into an estate in fee and destroyed the...
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