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Negligence
Railway v. Loach, (1916) 1 AC 719; and see VOLENTI NONFIT INJURIA. Consult Beven on Negligence and Smith's Leading Cases, sub tit, Coggs v. Bernard. Negligence is absence of reasonable or prudent care which a reasonable person … the person charged with negligence has failed to comply with or perform in the particular circumstance of each case. A very convenient classification has been formulated corresponding to the degree of negligence entailing liability measured by the
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case
in an action land·mark case : a case that marks a significant turning point on a particular issue lead·ing case : a case so well reasoned and important in the rules of law determined and in the
Damages
seduction, false imprisonment breach of promise of marriage. See Hadley v. Baxendale, (1854) 32 LJ Ex 179; Smith's Leading Cases, vol. Ii and the notes thereto; and Argentino, 14 App Cas 519; 13 PD 191; and s. … of India, (1979) 4 SCC 573 (591). The compensation as fixed by the jury, or judge if the case be tried without a jury, payable to a successful plaintiff. Courts of Equity long laboured under the infirmity
Distress
v. Freeman, (1910) 2 KB 84; and for statutes and general law relating to the subject see Smith's Leading Cases, sub tit. Simpson v. Hartopp; Oldham and foster's Law of Distress; Woodfall's L. and T.; Foa, Landlord … conditionally. A distress cannot be made in the night, i.e., after sunset and before sunrise (except in the case of cattle damage feasant), nor on the day of rent becoming due; but must be made within six
Quantum meruit
a quantum meruit, see also Cutter v. Powell, 6 TR 320; 3 RR 185; and notes in Smith's Leading Cases thereunder. See also Cutler v. Powell, 6 TR 320 3 RR 185 A claim on a quantum … Quantum meruit (so much as he has earned), an action on the case, express or implied, grounded on a promise to pay the plaintiff for doing a thing as much as
Ruling cases
Ruling cases, cases having much the same character and effect as Leading Cases (see that title). … Ruling cases, cases having much the same character and effect as Leading Cases (see that title).
Metals, dealers in old
Act, 1871 (34 & 35 Vict. c. 112), by which any dealer in old metals who purchases any lead, copper, brass, tin, pewter, or German-silver in any quantity at one time less than 112 lb. in the … copper, brass, tin, pewter, or German-silver in any quantity at one time less than 112 lb. in the case of lead, or than 56 lb. in the case of the other metals above mentioned, is guilty of
Family
or husband, as the case may be, of such individual and their unmarried minor children, will not necessarily lead to concentration of wealth in the hands of a few persons or families. Such is not the intendment,
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