Skip to content

Disaster - Law Dictionary Search Results

Research workspace

Save terms and build your research trail

A free trial unlocks notes, tags, search history, and the full AI Studio desk for judgment research.

ecological

of or pertaining to ecology as an ecological disaster

brinkmanship

the policy or practise of pushing a dangerous situation to the brink of disaster to the limits of safety in order to achieve the most advantageous outcome used especially of diplomatic maneuvers

Black Friday

Any Friday on which a public disaster has occurred as In England December 6 1745 when the news of the landing of the Pretender reached

Keep your definitions linked to case research

temporary protected status (tps)

conditions in that country pose a danger to personal safety due to ongoing armed conflict or an environmental disaster. Source: U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services

presumption

the presumption in the absence of direct evidence that of two or more persons dying in a common disaster (as a fire) one was the last to die because of youth, strength, or other reasons rendering survivorship

loot

loot 1 : to rob esp. during or following a catastrophe (as war, riot, or natural disaster) 2 : to rob esp. on a large scale and usually by violence or corruption vi : to

common

or things or by all members of a group [when the insured and the beneficiary perish in a disaster] [ areas of the building] 3 : of or relating to common stock [ shares] n 1 pl

Calamity

Any great misfortune or cause of misery generally applied to events or disasters which produce extensive evil either to communities or individuals

  • Next ›

Try the research workspace - 7 days free


AI Briefs · Semantic Search · Save & annotate judgments

Start your 7-day free trial