Partial Claim - Law Dictionary Search Results

one person or family or of one class of men to the neglect of others having equal claims partiality … of one person or family or of one class of men to the neglect of others having equal claims partiality

diminished capacity

commission of a crime (as first-degree murder) but that does not amount to insanity called also diminished responsibility partial insanity compare insanity, irresistible impulse test, m'naghten test, substantial capacity test 2 a : a defense based on … compare insanity, irresistible impulse test, m'naghten test, substantial capacity test 2 a : a defense based on a claim of diminished capacity b : the doctrine that diminished capacity may negate an element of a crime NOTE:

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Expropriation

Expropriation, the surrender of a claim to exclusive property; also, dispossessing an owner of his property, wholly or partially. See Housing Acts. A government taking or modification of an individual's property rights, esp. by eminent domain, Black's

Favouritism

Favouritism, means a deposition to show, or the practice of showing favour, or partiality to an individual or class, to neglect of others having equal or superior claims, under preference (Oxford English … of showing favour, or partiality to an individual or class, to neglect of others having equal or superior claims, under preference (Oxford English Dictionary) Means showing favour in matter of selection on circumstances other than merits, [Law

Bill of Rights

by violating the freedom of election of members to serve in Parliament; by violent prosecutions and the causing partial and corrupt jurors to be returned on trials, excessive bail to be taken, excessive fines to be imposed, … are declared to be illegal; and the Act declares that the Lords Spiritual and Temporal and Commons 'do claim, demand, and insist upon all and singular the premises, as their undoubted rights and liberties.' The Act also

Insurance

good by the insurer; in the second, the property is abandoned to the insurer, and the value insured claimed from him, he retaining the property so abandoned. See CON-STRUCTIVE TOTAL LOSS. All the elements of general average

frustration

impracticability NOTE: In order for frustration to be used as a successful defense to a breach of contract claim, the reason for making the contract must have been contemplated or recognized by both the contracting parties even … be excused from performance even though performance is still possible if the reason for making the contract is partially or completely frustrated by a fortuitous event or by circumstances which are not the fault of either party

Dependant and dependent

an illegitimate child and parent or grandparent respectively. (2) A person shall not be deemed to be a partial dependant of another person unless he was dependent partially on contributions from that other person for the provision … dependent. Under s. 4 of the Workmen's Compensation Act, 1925:-- (1) The dependants of a workman entitled to claim compensation under this Act where the injury results in death are such of the members of the workman's

Executor

a London daily newspaper and, if necessary, a local newspaper, for debtors to pay their debts, and for claimants to send in the particulars of their claims to a named person within the time (not being as … But he must be prepared either to act wholly or not at all, for probate cannot be renounced partially (Re Smith, (1904) 1 Ch 139), except in regard to land settled otherwise than by the will of

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