Event - Law Dictionary Search Results
gift
contemplation of impending death that is delivered with the intent that the gift take effect only in the event of the donor's death and that it be revoked in the event of survival compare donation inter vivos
interest
contingent interest : a future interest whose vesting is dependent upon the occurrence or nonoccurrence of a future event compare vested interest in this entry controlling interest : sufficient stock ownership in a corporation to exert control
excited utterance
excited utterance : a statement that concerns a startling event (as a physical assault) and that is made by a person while under stress caused by the event
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present sense impression
present sense impression : an out-of-court statement that describes or explains an event or condition and that was made during or immediately after the time the event or condition was perceived
Cessate grants
Cessate grants, where a testator has directed that in a certain event some other person is to be substituted for his original executor, that other person becomes entitled upon the
Cause of action estoppel
estoppel, a cause of action estoppel arises where in two different proceedings identical issues are raised, in which event, the latter proceedings between the same parties shall be dealt with similarly as was done in the previous
Before
means, inter alia, 'ahead of'; in presence or sight of; under the consideration or cognisance of. The two events sought to be interconnected by use of the term 'before' must have proximity of relationship by reference to
Arbitration
as a judgment debt (s. 11), and an agreement that parties shall pay their own costs in any event is void (s. 12). The Statutes of Limitation apply to arbitration (s. 16), and a charging order for
After
After, Where an act has to be done within so many days after a given event, the day of such event is not to be reckoned. (Stroud's Judicial Dictionary, Third Edition, Volume I, page
Act of God
to natural causes, Patel Roadways Ltd. v. Birla Yamaha Ltd., (2000) 4 SCC 91. Means an overwhelming, unpreventable event caused exclusively by forces of nature, such as an earthquake, flood, or tornado. The definition has been statutorily
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