Hardship - Law Dictionary

unnecessary hardship

unnecessary hardship : a deprivation of an owner's right to the beneficial use of property that is caused when a zoning ordinance makes it impossible to receive a reasonable return from the property NOTE: Unnecessary hardship may justify the granting of a variance if the use permitted by the variance will not alter the essential character of the locality. Unnecessary hardship must involve unique characteristics of the property itself, not economic difficulties of the owner. ...

Unfair advantage or hardship

Unfair advantage or hardship, mere inadequacy of consideration or the mere fact that the contract is onerous to the defendant or improvident in its nature will not constitute 'unfair advantage or hardship' Surjeet Singh v. Kartar Singh, AIR 1988 P&H 53 (60)....

reasonable accommodation

reasonable accommodation : something done to accommodate a disabled person that does not jeopardize safety or pose an undue hardship for the party (as an employer) doing it ;also : something done to accommodate a religious need that does not create undue hardship for an employer ...

ab inconvenienti

ab inconvenienti [New Latin] : from inconvenience or hardship used to refer to a rule in law that an argument from inconvenience is a strong argument ...

economic duress

economic duress : wrongful or unlawful conduct that creates fear of economic hardship which prevents the exercise of free will in engaging in a business transaction ;also : the defense of economic duress called also business compulsion ...

exonerate

exonerate -at·ed -at·ing [Latin exonerare to relieve, free, discharge, from ex- out + onerare to burden, from oner- onus load] 1 : to relieve esp. of a charge, obligation, or hardship 2 : to clear from accusation or blame compare acquit, exculpate ...

indigence

indigence : impoverished hardship and deprivation ...

invoke

invoke in·voked in·vok·ing 1 : to appeal to as furnishing authority or motive 2 : to put into legal effect or call for the observance of : enforce [invoking his Fifth Amendment privilege] 3 : to introduce or put into operation [invoking economic sanctions] 4 : to be the cause of [the…decision invoked the final hardship "U.S. Code"] ...

restrictive covenant

restrictive covenant 1 : a covenant acknowledged in a deed or lease that restricts the free use or occupancy of property (as by forbidding commercial use or types of structures) [one who purchases for value and without notice takes the land free from the restrictive covenant "American Jurisprudence 2d"] NOTE: For a restrictive covenant to run with the land it must be intended to do so by the original parties to it, it must directly concern the land itself and be enforceable, and there must be privity between the original parties and between the original and subsequent grantee. 2 : covenant not to compete [restrictive covenants unenforceable upon physicians "Annotated Laws of Massachusetts"] NOTE: A restrictive covenant in a work contract must be reasonable to be enforceable, which means that it must be reasonably necessary to protect the legitimate interests of the employer or partnership, must not impose undue hardship on the individual concerned, and must not harm the public i...

safe haven

safe haven Temporary refuge given to migrants who have fled their countries of origin to seek protection or relief from persecution or other hardships, until they can return to their countries safely or, if necessary until they can obtain permanent relief from the conditions they fled. Source: U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services ...

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