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Intoxicating liquor

together with any depreciation in trade fixtures. It is to be paid to 'the persons interested,' and in default of agreement between them and quarter sessions the amount of it is to be determined by the Commissioners

Negligence

damage done owing to the thing escaping, unless, possibly, the damage is due to the plaintiff's act or default, vis major, or the act of God, or under statutory sanction positively enjoining the act causing damage; even

Nemo punitur sine injuria, facto, seu defalta

Nemo punitur sine injuria, facto, seu defalta [Lat.], no one is punished unless for some injury, deed, or default.

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Jactivus

Jactivus, lost by default; tossed away.

If from any cause whatsoever

words 'if from any cause whatsoever' are to be read, 'if from any cause whatsoever' than the wilful default of the vendor, Palmerston, Lord v. Turner, 33 LJ Ch 457

Insurance

either against risks at sea, or losses by fire, death, or accident; but losses by burglary or by default of clerks, and, in fact, almost all kinds of risk, chance and liability, are now commonly insured against.

Habitual

would mean repeatedly or persistently and implies a thread of continuity stringing together similar repeated acts. An isolated default of rent would not mean that tenant was a habitual defaulter, Vijay Amba Das Diware v. Balkrishna Wamon

Nil dicit, judgment by

Nil dicit, judgment by. See DEFAULT.

Entitled to act

to act. (ii) in every such case the person interested may appear by a next friend, or, in default of his appearance by a next friend, the Collector or Court, as the case may be, shall appoint

Fault

Fault, means wrongful act or default. [Sale of Goods Act, 1930 (39 of 1930), s. 2 (5)] An error or defect of judgment or

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