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Consoritum

Consoritum. The marital right of cohabitation and mutual service. An action for damages lies for loss of consortium or of the services of the spouse if that loss is caused by any wrongful act

Executor

creditors extravagant funeral expenses if the testator died insolvent; and if he neglects to secure the property, and loss ensue, he will be personally liable for a devastavit, but will not be responsible for mere neglect to

Fidelity, fidelity insurance gurantee

'Fidelity' according to dictionary means faithfulness, loyalty. In insurance terminology it is understood as assurance to indemnify against loss consequent upon the dishonesty or default. Usually the assured and the person whose fidelity is assured stand to

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Limited liability

c. 23). Consult Palmer; Hemmant; Lindley on Company Law. Shipowners, Canals, Docks, and Railways.--The liability of shipowners for loss or injury to goods or passengers carried in their ships is limited by s. 503 of the Merchant

Hire

efflux of time or the accomplishment of the object for which the thing is hired; (2) by the loss or destruction of the thing by any inevitable casualty; (3) by a voluntary dissolu-tion of the contract by

Infamy

Infamy, means (1) Disgraceful repute (2) The loss of reputation or position resulting from a person's being convicted of an infamous crime, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th

Innkeeper

may not detain their persons or seize their clothing in actual wear. They are also liable for any loss of or injury to goods, money, and baggage of their guests; and responsible for the acts of their

Leprosy cured person

Leprosy cured person, means any person who has been cured of leprosy but is suffering from-- (i) loss of sensation in hands or feet as well as loss of sensation and paresis in the eye and

Loan, gratuitous

lender, the later must return either the price paid or the thing; for, by such payment of the loss, the property is effectively transferred to the borrower. Mr. Justice Story thus concludes his observations on gratuitous loans.

Maritime lien

from general maritime law and is based on the concept as if the ship itself caused the harm, loss or damage to others or to their property and this must itself make good that loss, M.V. Al

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