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Prejudice, without
action or after action, but before trial or verdict. The words import an understanding that if the negotiation fails, nothing that has passed shall be taken advantage of thereafter; so, if a defendant offer, 'without prejudice,' to
Pawn or Pledge
objects for which it is pledged. The pledgee has a right to sell the pledge, when the pledgor fails to perform his engagement. He might have filed a bill in equity against the pledgor for a sale,
Nuisance
essentially to prevent public nuisance and involves a sense of urgency in the sense that if the Magistrate fails to take recourse immediately irreparable damage would be done to the public, State of Madhya Pradesh v. Kedia
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Non pros
Non pros., abbrev. For non prosequitur (he [the plaintiff] does not pursue [his action]). Where the plaintiff failed to take the proper step in his action in the proper time, the defendant entered what was called
Negligence
fact and law, depending entirely upon the nature of a duty, which the person charged with negligence has failed to comply with or perform in the particular circumstance of each case. A very convenient classification has been
Natural justice
262, thus: If the purpose of the rules of natural justice is to prevent miscarriage of justice one fails to see why those rules should be made inapplicable to administrative enquiries. Often times it is not easy
Mens rea
enactment is that a man shall take care that the statutory direction is obeyed and that if he fails to do so he does so at his peril--WILLS, J., R. v. Tolson, (1889) 23 QBD 173. See
Measure of damage
the deposit, if any. Upon breaches by the vendor, if the breach complained of is that he has failed to show title on an open contract, the purchaser cannot recover his loss upon the contract, but only
Malicious prosecution
Australian Bank, 1905 AC 168. Animus injuri' cannot be inferred from the mere fact that the prosecution has failed, Corea v. Peiris, 1909 AC 549. See Addison or Clerk and Lindsell on Torts.
Locomotives. I
of consuming their own smoke and inflicting a penalty on it appearing that they were so constructed but failed to consume by reason of default of the company owing them or its servants. As to fire caused
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