Devil May Care - Law Dictionary Search Results
Home Dictionary Name: devil may caredevil may care
cheerfully irresponsible...
Devilism
The state of the devil or of devils doctrine of the devil or of devils...
care
care 1 : watchful or protective attention, caution, concern, prudence, or regard usually towards an action or situation ;esp : due care [a person has a duty to use in dealing with others, and failure to do so is negligence "R. I. Mehr"] see also due care, negligence, standard of care NOTE: Statute, case law, and custom often impose a duty of care. The degree or standard of care owed varies depending on the circumstances. For example, a landlord has to exercise greater care in relation to a tenant than to a trespasser. 2 a : personal supervision or responsibility : charge b : maintenance ...
Dare devil
A reckless fellow Also used adjectively as dare devil excitement...
Deviling
A young devil...
Devilize
To make a devil of...
Devil on the neck
Devil on the neck, an instrument of torture, formerly used to extort confessions, etc. It was made of several irons, which were fastened to the neck and legs and wrenched together so as to break the back...
Devil's advocate
Devil's advocate. See ADVOCATE DIABOLI....
due care
due care : the care that an ordinarily reasonable and prudent person would use under the same or similar circumstances called also ordinary care reasonable care see also due diligence compare fault, negligence ...
Child in need of care and protection
Child in need of care and protection, s. 2(d) 'child in need of care and protection' means a child-(i) who is found without any home or settled place or abode and without any ostensible means of subsistence, (ii) who resides with a person (whether a guardian of the child or not) and such person-(a) has threatened to kill or injure the child and there is a reasonable likelihood of the threat being carried out, or (b) has killed, abused or neglected some other child or children and there is a reasonable likelihood of the child in question being killed, abused or neglected by that person, (iii) who is mentally or physically challenged orill children or children suffering from terminal diseases or incurable diseases having no one to support or look after, (iv) who has a parent or guardian and such parent or guardian is unfit or incapacitated to exercise control over the child, (v) who does not have parent and no one is willing to take care of or whose parents have abandoned him or who is m...
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