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property damage liability

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Collision of ships

LIABILITY. The 418th s. of the (English) Merchant Shipping Act, 1894, authorizes the King in Council, on the joint recommendation of the Admiralty and the Board of Trade, to make regulations for the prevention of collisions at

Partnership

not secure for himself the limitation of liability until the limited partnership is registered with the Registrar of Joint Stock Companies, the registration being effected (s. 8) by the delivery of a statement, signed by the partners,

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jointly

jointly : in a joint manner ;esp : so as to be or become subject to joint liability

innocent spouse

of liability for taxes on an amount of income that the other spouse failed to include on a joint return filed with the Internal Revenue Service NOTE: In order to be relieved of tax liability, the innocent

several

liability several obligation at obligation b : being separately or individually responsible, liable, or obligated [a obligor] compare joint 2 : separate or distinct from one another [to regulate commerce with foreign nations and among the States

Contribution

Corporation Act, 1957, (66 of 1957), s. 115(4)(a), Proviso] The performance by each of two or more persons, jointly liable by contract or otherwise, of his share of the liability. It frequently arises between sureties, who are

Noerr-Pennington doctrine

doctrine] : a doctrine based on the First Amendment right of petition that exempts from antitrust liability the joint efforts of businesses to petition or influence government bodies provided that such activities are not sham

Innocent spouse

may be relived of liability for taxes on income that the other spouse did not include on a joint tax return. The innocent spouse must prove that the other spouse did not know and had no reason

Joint-stock Banks

Matched in: Term Joint-stock Banks

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