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Misdoing

A wrong done a fault or crime an offense as it was my misdoing

Earnest money

when the transaction goes forward and it is forfeited when the transaction falls through, by reason of the fault or failure of the purchase. Earnest money or deposit serves two purposes of being part-payment of the purchase

Perished goods

is void,' and 'where there is an agreement to sell specific goods and subsequently the goods, without any fault on the part of the seller or buyer, perish before the risk passes to the buyer, the agreement

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Enach

Enach, the satisfaction for a crime; the recompense for a fault, Skene.

Mens rea and negligence

Mens rea and negligence, Mens rea and negligence are both fault elements, which provide a basis for the imposition of liability in criminal cases. Mens rea focuses on the

Victimized

is made a victim or a scapegoat and is subjected to persecution, prosecution or punishment for no real fault or guilt of his own, in the manner, as it were, of a sacrificial victim, Messrs Bharat Iron

To forfeit

Black's Legal Dictionary states that 'to forfeit' is 'to lose, or lose the right to, by some error, fault, offence or crime', 'to incur a penalty'. 'Forfei-ture', as judicially annotated, is 'a punishment annexed by law to

Tautology

Tautology, describing the same thing twice in one sentence in equivalent terms; a fault in rhetoric. It differs from repetition or iteration, which is repeating the same sentence in the same or

Silentium in senatu est vitium

Silentium in senatu est vitium (12 Co. 94), silence in the senate is a fault.

Scyldwit

Scyldwit, a mulct for any fault.

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