Fault - Law Dictionary Search Results
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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