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Demurrage
where the delay is not occasioned by any fault on the freighter's part, but is inevitable. If, for example, a ship be detained, owing to the crowded state of the port for a longer time than is
Dharma
life is naturally regulated. Dharma or righteousness is elemental and fundamental in all nations, periods and times. For example, truth, love and compassion are human virtues. This is what Hindus Call sanatan dharma meaning religion which is
Chancellor of a Diocese, or of a Bishop
course thereof, as likewise well affected, and zealous bent to religion, touching whose life and manners no evil example is had.' By the same canon, he must take the Oath of Supremacy and subscribe the Thirty-nine Articles
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Damage
or his agents or servants by reason of the negligent operation and management of the vessel, as, for example, when cargo is damaged by exposure to weather or by negligent stowage, or, by the misconduct of those
Breakdown of machinery
of machinery, might be limited, in the appropriate context, to the colloquial expression a breakdown when used, for example, in relation to the breakdown of a motor car, Portolama Cia Naveera Ltd. v. Vito, SA Inc., (2004)
Actus reus
result of conduct, and therefore an event, must be distinguished from the conduct which produced the result. For example, in a simple case of murder it is the victim's death (brought about by the conduct of the
Aggravation
do not constitute the right of action itself, need not be traversed in pleading. In a count, for example, charging a trespass in pulling down a house, it is mere matter of aggravation to state that the
Arm of the State
entity to be an arm of the State if it operates without substantial autonomy from State regulation. For example, cities and local school districts have been held not to be arms of the State, Black Law Dictionary
Auction sale
auctioned takes place. There may be a sale by auction where the sale is not complete till, for example, a document is executed, Bombay Sale and Chemical Industries v. L.J. Johnson, AIR 1958 SC 289 (292). [Displaced
Award
in his award. An award maybe set aside when:- (1) An arbitrator or umpire has misconducted himself [for example of technical mis-conduct see Williams v. Wallis and Cox, 1914 (2) KB 478], or the arbitration or award
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