Disablement - Law Dictionary Search Results
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Disability, incapacity to do any legal act. It is divided into two classes: (1) absolute, which, while it continues, wholly disables the person 'such were outlawry, excommunication, attainder (but see the Forfeiture Act, 1870 (32 & 33 Vict. c.23), s. 1, abolishing attainder on conviction for treason or felony), and acts by statutory bodies or corporations in excess of their statutory powers, see ULTRA VIRES; (2) partial, as infancy, coverture, lunacy, and drunkenness. As to which, see the various titles relating thereto. The compulsory purchase, by railway and other companies, of the lands of persons under disability is regulated by the Lands Clauses Acts, and see ULTRA VIRES.It means--(i) blindness; (ii) low vision; (iii) leprosy-cured; (iv) hearing impairment; (v) locomotor disability; (vi) mental retardation; (vii) mental illness. [The Persons with Disabilities (Equal Opportunities, Protection of Rights and Full Participation) Act, 1995 (1 of 1996), s. 2 (i) (i) (ii) (iii) (iv) (v) ...
Partial disablement
Partial disablement, means, where the disablement is of a temporary nature, such disablement as reduces the earning capacity of a workman in any employment in which he was engaged at the time of the accident resulting in the disablement, and, where the disablement is of a permanent nature, such disablement as reduces his earning capacity in every employment which he was capable of undertaking at that time: provided that every injury specified in Part II of Schedule I shall be deemed to result in permanent partial disablement. [Workmen's Compensation Act, 1923 (8 of 1923), s. 2 (1) (g)]...
Total disablement
Total disablement, means such disablement whether of a temporary or permanent nature as incapacities a workman for all work which he was capable of performing at the time of the accident resulting in such disablement, National Insurance Co. Ltd. v. Mohd. Saleem Khan, (1992) 2 Civ LJ 46. [Workmen's Compensation Act, 1923 (8 of 1923), s. 2(1)(l)]The expression 'total disablement' has been defined in s. 2(1) of the Workmen's Compensation Act, 1923 as follows: (1) 'total disablement' means such disablement, whether of a temporary or permanent nature, as incapacitates workman for all work which he was capable of performing at the time of the accident resulting in such disablement, Pratap Narain Singh Deo v. Shrinivas Sabata, AIR 1976 SC 222: (1976) 1 SCC 289: (1976) 2 SCR 872....
Multiple disabilities
Multiple disabilities, means a combination of two or more disabilities as defined in clause (i) of s. 2 of the Persons with Disabilities (Equal Opportunities, Protection of Rights and Full Participation) Act, 1995 (1 of 1996) means a combination of two or more disabilities as defined in cl. (i) of s. 2 of the Persons with Disabilities (Equal Opportunities Protection of Rights and Full Participation) Act, 1995 (1 of 1996).[National Trust of Welfare of Persons with Autism, Cerebral Palsy, Mental Retardation and Multiple Disabilities Act, 1999 (44 of 1999), s. 2(h)]...
Person with disability
Person with disability, means a person suffering from any of the conditions relating to autism, cerebral palsy, mental retardation or a combination of any two or more of such conditions and includes a person suffering from severe multiple disability. [National Trust for Welfare of Persons with Austin Cerebral Palsy Mental Retardation and Multiple Disabilities Act, 1999 (44 of 1999), s. 2(j)]Means a person suffering from not less than forty per cent of any disability as certified by a medical authority. [Persons with Disabilities (Equal Opportunities, Protection of Rights and Full Participation) Act, 1995 (1 of 996), s. 2 (t)]...
Severe disability
Severe disability, means disability with eighty per cent or more of one or more of multiple disabilities. [National Trust for Welfare of Persons with Autism, Cerebral Palsy, Mental Retardation and Multiple Disabilities Act, 1999 (44 of 1999), s. 2(o)]...
americans with disabilities act (ada)
americans with disabilities act (ada) A federal law that protects employees from discrimination on the basis of disability, and imposes upon employers the requirement that they make "reasonable accommodations" for their employees' disabilities ...
individuals with disabilities in education act (idea)
individuals with disabilities in education act (idea) A federal law that guarantees the right to a free and appropriate education to disabled students. The IDEA typically requires an individualized education program (IEP) for each disabled child protected under the Act. ...
temporary total disability (ttd)
temporary total disability (ttd) TTD benefits are available to employees whose injuries leave them totally unable to work for a period of time. The benefits are no longer payable when the "temporary" disability clears and the employee is able to resume working. In some states, if the employee must return to work at partial hours or at a wage loss while his disability resolves he may be entitled to payment of TPD benefits after receiving TTD benefits. ...
disabling
causing or having caused disability rendering disabled as disabling injury...
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