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Letter of licence

Letter of licence, an instrument in writing whereby the creditors of a man who had failed to meet his engagements gave him time for the payment of his debts, and undertook that in the

Legibus sumptis desinentibus, lege nature utendum est

Legibus sumptis desinentibus, lege nature utendum est [Lat.], laws imposed by the State failing, we must act by the law of nature.

Breve judiciale non cadit pro defectu forme

Breve judiciale non cadit pro defectu forme [Lat.], A judicial writ fails not through defect of form.

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inadvertence

inadvertence : an accidental oversight (as failing to sign a form)

supported by fair deduction, or corroborated by the authority of some adjudged case, so that the reader never fails in deriving instruction or amusement from the study of this scientific treatise on our ancient laws and customs.

divided

or of the entire estate following partition "Louisiana Civil Code"] [granted in portions] 2 : not united : failing to agree [a Court]

peculiar risk doctrine

renders an employer (as a general contractor) liable for injury caused by an independent contractor if the employer failed to take reasonable precautions against a risk particular to the employee's work that the employer should have recognized

omission

neglected, left out, or left undone 2 : the act, fact, or state of leaving something out or failing to do something esp. that is required by duty, procedure, or law [liable for a criminal act or

obsolescence

property obsolete, no longer competitive, unattractive to purchasers or investors, or of decreasing usefulness [claimed that the appraisal failed to account for economic obsolescence resulting from an adjacent waste facility] func·tion·al obsolescence [fək-shə-nəl-] : obsolescence deriving from

nuisance

injury caused to a trespassing or invited child by a condition on the property if he or she failed to use ordinary care in preventing such injury (as by fencing in a pool) and had reason to

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