Omnibus Clause - Law Dictionary Search Results
Home Dictionary Name: omnibus clauseomnibus clause
omnibus clause 1 : a clause in a will, decree, or security agreement that stipulates the disposition or status of property not specifically named 2 : a clause in a vehicle insurance policy that provides coverage for those who use the vehicle with the express or implied permission of the insured see also statutory omnibus clause ...
statutory omnibus clause
statutory omnibus clause : a statutory provision requiring that coverage of an automobile insurance policy be extended to a person using the vehicle with the express or implied permission of the insured compare omnibus clause ...
Omnibus
Omnibus, a vehicle for all. By the Town Police Clauses Act, 1889 (52 & 53 Vict. c. 14), bye-laws, may be made under the Town Police Clauses Act, 1847 (see that title), for regulation of omnibuses, which term is defined bys. 3, and includes, for the purposes of the Act, char-a-bancs, wagonettes, brakes, stage-coaches, and other carriages plying or standing for hire by or used to carry passengers at separate fares. See, generally, London Passenger Transport Act, 1933 (23 Geo. 5, c. 14); Road Traffic Act, 1934 (24 & 25 Geo. 5, c. 50), ss. 24 et seq.It means any motor vehicle constructed or adapted to carry more than six persons excluding the driver. [Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 (59 of 1988), s. 2(29)]It means relating to or dealing with numerous objects or items at once; including many things or having various purposes, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 1116....
Falsus in uno, falsus in omnibus
Falsus in uno, falsus in omnibus [Lat.] False in one, false in all. This maxim may properly be applied in those cases only where a witness speaks to a fact with reference to which he cannot be presumed liable to mistake.The maxim falsus in uno, falsus in omnibus (false in one thing, false in every thing) is neither a sound rule of law nor a rule of practice. Hardly one comes across a witness whose evidence does not contain a grain of untruth or at any rate exaggerations, embroideries or embellishments, Vgar Ahir v. State of Bihar, AIR 1965 SC 277 (279).The maxium 'falsus in uno, falsus in omnibus' has no application in India and the witnesses cannot be branded as liars. The maxim 'falsus in uno, falsus in omnibus' has not received general acceptance nor has this maxim come to occupy the status of rule of law. It is merely a rule of caution. All that it amounts to is that in such cases testimony may be disregarded, and not that it must be discarded. The doctrine merely involves the ques...
consolidated omnibus budget reconciliation act (cobra)
consolidated omnibus budget reconciliation act (cobra) A federal law that requires employers to allow employees to continue their health insurance coverage after termination, in the same insurance group, at the group rate, and providing the same benefits ...
omnibus bill
omnibus bill see bill ...
omnibus motion
omnibus motion see motion ...
Flumina et portus publica sunt, ideoque jus piscandi omnibus commune est
Flumina et portus publica sunt, ideoque jus piscandi omnibus commune est [Lat.], navigable rivers and ports are public; therefore the right of fishing there is common to all....
Id perfectum est quod ex omnibus suis partibus constat; et nihil perfectum est dum aliquid restat agendum
Id perfectum est quod ex omnibus suis partibus constat; et nihil perfectum est dum aliquid restat agendum [Lat.], that is perfect which is complete in all its parts; and nothing is perfect whilst anything remains to be done....
In his qu' de jure communi omnibus conceduntur, consuetudo alicujus patri' vel loci non est alleganda
In his qu' de jure communi omnibus conceduntur, consuetudo alicujus patri' vel loci non est alleganda. 11 Co. 85.-(In those things which by common right are conceded to all, the custom of a particular district or place is not to be alleged.)...
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