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loss mitigation

loss mitigation a process to avoid foreclosure; the lender tries to help a borrower who has been unable to make loan payments and is in danger of defaulting on his or her loan Source: U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development ...

mitigation

mitigation term usually used to refer to various changes or improvements made in a home; for instance, to reduce the average level of radon. Source: U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development ...

Medicinal preparation

Medicinal preparation, includes all drugs which are a remedy or prescription prepared for internal or external use of human beings or animals and all substances intended to be used for or in the treatment, mitigation or prevention of disease in human beings or animals. [Medicinal and Toilet Preparations (Excise Duties) Act, 1955 (16 of 1955), s. 2 (g)]The expression 'medicinal preparation' is defined in s. 2(g) as: 'Medicinal preparation' includes all drugs which are a remedy or prescription prepared for internal or external use of human beings or animals and all substances intended to be used for or in the treatment, mitigation or prevention of disease in human beings or animals, Southern Pharmaceuticals and Chemicals v. State of Kerala, AIR 1981 SC 1863: (1981) 4 SCC 391: (1982) 1 SCR 519.Medicinal preparations, in order to come within the ambit of 'medicinal preparations', the intended use of the article must be for treatment, mitigation or prevention of disease. The article must by...

In all

In all, the words 'in all' which occur in clause (a), must be resolved by having regard to the underlying legislative purpose of the provisions contained in Chap. VIII of the Act which deals with third party risks. That is a sensitive process which has to accommodate the claims of the society as reflected in that purpose. Indeed, it is in this area of legislative ambiguities, unfortunately not receding, that Courts have to fill gaps, clear doubts and mitigate hardships, Motor Owners' Insurance Company Limited v. Jadavji Keshavji Modi, AIR 1981 SC 2059: (1981) 4 SCC 660: (1982) 1 SCR 860. [Motor Vehicles Act (4 of 1939), s. 95(2)(9)]...

mitigation of damages

mitigation of damages 1 : a doctrine in tort and contract law: a person injured by another is required to mitigate his or her losses resulting from the injury [whether the patient shares any fault and whether the patient has satisfied the requirements of mitigation of damages "D'Aries v. Schell, 644 A.2d 134 (1994)"] ;also : an affirmative defense based on this doctrine called also avoidable consequences 2 : a reduction in the amount of damages awarded a party ...

Palliative

Serving to palliate serving to extenuate mitigate or alleviate...

failure

failure 1 : omission of occurrence or performance ;specif : a failing to perform a duty or expected action [a to mitigate damages] [ to prosecute] 2 : a lack of success or adequacy [ of a suit] 3 : a failing in business ...

damage

damage [Old French, from dam injury, harm, from Latin damnum financial loss, fine] 1 : loss or harm resulting from injury to person, property, or reputation 2 pl : the money awarded to a party in a civil suit as reparation for the loss or injury for which another is liable see also additur, cover, mitigate, remittitur compare declaratory judgment at judgment, injunction specific performance at performance NOTE: The trier of fact determines the amount of damages to be awarded to the prevailing party. More than one type of damages may be awarded for a single injury. actual damages : damages deemed to compensate the injured party for losses sustained as a direct result of the injury suffered called also compensatory damages consequential damages : special damages in this entry direct damages : damages for a loss that is an immediate, natural, and foreseeable result of the wrongful act compare special damages in this entry ex·em·pla·ry damages [ig-zem-plə-r...

Febrifuge

A medicine serving to mitigate or remove fever...

Lenify

To assuage to soften to mitigate to alleviate...

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