Peril - Law Dictionary Search Results

Marine adventure, includes any adventure where-(i) any insurable property is exposed to maritime perils; (ii) the earnings or acquisition of any freight, passage money, commission, profit or other pecuniary benefit, or the

Perils of the sea

Perils of the sea, means perils, dangers and accidents of the sea or other navigable waters is an expression

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Right of private defence

than once there is nothing more degrading to the human spirit than to run away in face of peril. But this right is basically preventive and not punitive, Gottipulla Venkata Siva Subbrayanam v. State of Andhra Pradesh,

Salvage

and is also allowed by all modern maritime states; the person who saves goods from loss or imminent peril has a lien upon them, and may retain them till payment of salvage. In this, however, the maritime

last clear chance

doctrine in the law of negligence: the contributory negligence of a plaintiff in putting himself or herself in peril will not bar recovery from a defendant who could have avoided injuring or killing the plaintiff by the

Hazard

Hazard, an unlawful game by 18 Geo. 2, c. 34. Danger, Peril, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 723.

Hobblers, or Hobilers

bound by their tenure to maintain a little light horse for giving notice of any invasion, or suchlike peril, towards the seaside, Camd. Brit.

Ignorance of law is no excuse

case it prescribes a differential treatment, and he must therefore, refuse to submit to it or incur the peril of the bar of waiver being raised against him, Basheshar Nath v. CIT, AIR 1959 SC 149 (172).

Imminently dangerous

Imminently dangerous, (of a person, behaviour, or thing) reasonably certain to place life and limb in peril. This term is relevant in several legal contexts. For example, if a mental condition renders a person imminently

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