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damage caused by the negligence of his servant has the exception that where the person injured is the fellow-servant of and engaged in common employment with the person whose negligence causes the injury, the master is not … Common employment. The general rule that a master is liable for damage caused by the negligence of his servant

Master and servant

exception, by depriving the master of the defence of common employment in the case of negligence by a fellow-servant who occupied a position of superintendence. The doctrine of common employment applies to claims based on the negligence … colour of his employ, but not for any wilful misfeasance of the servant. To this general liability the Common Law, as laid down in Priestly v. Fowler, (1837) 3 M&W 1, made the important exception that the

Doctors' Commons

and having been admitted advocates in pursuance of the rescript of the Archbishop of Canterbury, had been elected fellows of the college in the manner prescribed by the charter. The property of the college was sold, the … Doctors' Commons, an institution near St. Paul's Cathedral, where the Ecclesiastical and Admiralty Courts were held. In 1768 a royal

committee

delegated or assigned to consider, investigate, act on, or report on some matter ;esp : a group of fellow legislators chosen by a legislative body to consider legislative matters (as drafting bills or conducting hearings) [the Senate … judiciary ] see also conference committee, joint committee b : a private organization for the promotion of a common object [political action s] compare council

Negligence

the public, and also, under certain conditions, to his servant, for the negligence of his servant, although a fellow servant with others, acting in the execution of his master's business. See MASTER AND SERVANT. A manufacturer is … Pat 388]; Poonam Verma v. Ashwin Patel, AIR 1996 SC 2111 (2116): (1996) 4 SCC 332. Negligence in common parlance means and imply 'failure to exercise due care, expected of a reasonable prudent person'. It is a

Moral turpitude

conduct contrary to Justice, honesty, modesty or good morals and contrary to what a man owes to a fellow-man or to society in general. It has never been held that gravity of punishment is to be considered … whether an offence involves moral delinquency is question of fact depending on the public morals of the time; common sense of community and context and purpose for which the character of offence is to be determined. In

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