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partial responsibility
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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
verdict
reach or has not yet reached agreement on all of the offenses under consideration NOTE: The acceptance of partial verdicts before a jury is finished with deliberations may interfere with the deliberative process; having a jury achieve … that include guilty, not guilty, and guilty of a prescribed lesser included offense used in Louisiana NOTE: A responsive verdict of guilty on a lesser included offense must be supported by the evidence. special verdict : a
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apportion
to assign (a portion of the consideration agreed to in a contract) as payment for the other party's partial performance c : to distribute (corporate dividends) based on some proportion d : to assign (legislative representatives and … a plan: as a : to divide (an amount due in tax or other liability) among the parties responsible for respective shares of the payment compare contribution b : to assign (a portion of the consideration agreed
letter
a formal agreement (as a contract) or to take some specified action is stated letter ro·ga·to·ry [-rō-gə-tȯr-ē] [probably partial translation of Medieval Latin littera rogatoria letter of request] : a formal written request by a court to … also counterletter determination letter : a letter from an administrative agency (as the Internal Revenue Service) usually in response to a request in which a determination, decision, or ruling (as whether an organization qualifies as charitable) is
Executor
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 … who performs or carries out some act, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 591. The leading duties and responsibilities of an executor may be thus classed:- (1) He will not be allowed as against creditors extravagant funeral
Insurance
the amount required is complete. Merchants and ship-owners also give orders to insurance brokers, who undertake and are responsible for the business of insuring; and to them likewise are transmitted the orders for insurance from the out-puts
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