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Negligence

from negligence causing death passes to the representative or next of kin of the deceased, by the (English) Fatal Accidents Act, 1846 (9 & 10 Vict. c. 93) [(English) 'Lord Campbell's Act'], and the (English) Fatal Accidents

Campbell's (Lord) Acts (English)

in prosecutions for libel (see that title), 6 & 7 Vict. c. 96 (the LibelAct,1843); and (2) the Fatal Accidents Act,1846, now, with its amending Acts, known as the Fatal Accidents Acts, 1846 to 1908, provided for

Insurance

he is in capacited by an accident, or a capital sum in the event of the accident proving fatal, the terms depending on the wording of the particular policy. As to the meaning of 'accident,' see Re

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Law Reform (UK)

the Act are in addition to the rights conferred on the dependants of deceased persons by the (English) Fatal Accidents Acts, 1846 to1908, or by the Carriage by (English) Air Act, 1932 (22 & 23 Geo. 5,

Shall

circumstances bearing on the importance of the condition have all to be considered before condemning a violation as fatal, State of Punjab v. Shamlal Murari, (1976) 1 SCC 719. Shall, does not always mean that an act

Bastard

Bastard [fornication], one born not of lawful marriage. [(English) Age of Marriage Act, 1929 (19 & 20 Geo. 5, c. 36)] The civil and canon laws did not allow a child to remain a bastard if...

myxomatosis

a viral disease usually fatal of rabbits

nostalgia

Homesickness esp a severe and sometimes fatal form of melancholia due to homesickness

Pleuropneumonia

Inflammation of the pleura and lungs a combination of pleurisy and pneumonia esp a kind of contagions and fatal lung plague of cattle

Actio personalis moritur cum persona.

to land within 6 months before death (action to be within one year after death), and by the Fatal Accidents Act, 1846 (Lord Campbell's Act) (q.v. sub-tit. CAMPBELL'S (LORD) ACT), as to negligence causing death (action to

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