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Right
conduct, has obtained in every language I know, Dugald teward], in its primitive sense, that which the law directs; in popular acceptation, that which is so directed for the protection and advantage of an individual is said … in the popular mind with licence of the doing of something which his not prohibited by law, however damaging the act may be to individuals or the community. See MALUM IN SE. A 'right' is a legally
CO2 extinguisher
release of the gas is usually accomplished through a hose attached to a funnel shaped vent which is directed at the base of the fire and when released part of the carbon dioxide is chilled sufficiently to … required to support compustion It is used in situations where putting water on the fire might cause undesirable damage
Award
given to all the parties that it is made and ready to be delivered: and if the submission direct that it be delivered to the parties by a certain day, in order to be valid it must … by judicial decree e.g. to company awarded the contact to the low bidder e.g. the jury awarded punitive damages, Black Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 132. Means a final judgment or decision, esp. one by an arbitrator
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Dower
created before that day, the effect of defeating any right to dower. No arrears of dower, nor any damages on account thereof, are recoverable by action or suit for more than six years next before the commencement … out of such land (s. 6). The widow's right to dower is subject to any conditions, restrictions, or directions which shall be declared by her husband's Will (s. 8). These sections contain the essential alterations made by
trespass
by statute and punishable as a crime as distinguished from trespass that creates a cause of action for damages trespass ab initio : a trespass that arises upon a lawful act which because of subsequent unlawful or … person, rights, or esp. property of another ;also : the common-law form of action for redress of injuries directly caused by such a wrongful act compare trespass on the case in this entry b : trespass quare
Terrorism
the Government to disturb harmony of the society or 'terrorise' people and the society and not only those directly assaulted, with a view to disturb even tempo, peace and tranquillity of the society an create a sense … describe 'terrorism' as use of violence when its most important result is not merely the physical and mental damage of the victim but the prolonged psychological effect it produces or has the potential of producing on the
Interest
Interest, an interest for the purposes of the regula-tion was not limited to a direct financial interest and included membership of a panel such as the panel of which the claimant's solicitors were … s. 3(1): 'In any proceedings tried in any court of record for the recovery of any debt or damages, the court may, if it thinks fit, order that there shall be included in the sum for which
Common employment
by reason of the negligence of any person in the service of the employer to whose orders or directions the workman was bound to conform where the injury resulted from the workman conforming to such orders or … Common employment. The general rule that a master is liable for damage caused by the negligence of his servant has the exception that where the person injured is the fellow-servant
Mortgage
Real Estate Charges Act, 1867 (30 & 31 Vict. c. 69), provides that in construing wills a general direction to pay debts out of personalty shall not include mortgage debts, unless an intention to that effect be … rents and profits, may sue for such possession, or such rents and profits, or to prevent or recover damage for any wrong thereto, in his own name only, (English) Jud. Act, 1873, s. 25 (5) (now Jud.
En ventre sa mere
held by the House of Lords that the doctrine does not apply where a benefit is not destined directly to the child and is only for his indirect benefit, if any: Elliot v. Joicey (Lord), 1935 AC … Richard, (1871) LR 3 Adm. & Ec. 466]; and may also be a 'dependant' within the (English) Workmen's Compensation Act, 1906 (6 Edw. 7, c. 58) [Williams v. Ocean Coal Company, (1907) 2 KB 422; Orrell Colliery
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