Peril - Law Dictionary Search Results
Sue and labour clause
and his agents or servants, e.g., master and crew, can take every step to recover insured property in peril without loss of the rights under the insurance and to be repaid any expenditure which may be incurred
Mens rea
the statutory direction is obeyed and that if he fails to do so he does so at his peril--WILLS, J., R. v. Tolson, (1889) 23 QBD 173. See also BRETT, J., R. v. Prince, (1875) LR 2
Mischievous animals
a lion, tiger, or elephant, as to which the law is that the owner keeps it at his peril; he must prevent it from doing injury, and it is immaterial whether he knows the particular animal in
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Nemo debet bis vexari pro eadem causa
for the same offence) embodies the well established common law rule that no one should be put to peril twice for the same offence, State v. Nalini, (1999) 5 SCC 253.
Right of suit and right of appeal
a suit of a civil nature and unless the suit is barred by statute one may, at one's peril, bring a suit of one's choice. It is no answer to a suit, howsoever frivolous to claim, that
Risk
Risk, in insurance, the danger, peril or event insured against. The chance of injury, damage, or loss, danger or hazard, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th
Caveat actor
act. But in civil matters there is no rule of common law that a man 'acts at his peril,' except the case of one who harbours or collects a dangerous thing, or anything likely to do mischief
Dangerous property
Dangerous property is held at the owner's peril, see Rylands v. Fletcher, (1866) LR 1 Ex 265, and (1868), LR 3 HL 330, even though the
Loan, gratuitous
during the time of the loan, according to the original intention, without any molestation or impediment, under the peril of damages. He must reimburse the borrower the extraordinary expenses to which he has been put for the
Accident to workman
be an 'accident', Trim School Board v. Kelly, 1914 AC 667. However, where the accident arose from some peril to which the workman had voluntarily exposed himself by his own conduct and which he was not obliged
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