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Negligence
[See Blyth v. Birmingham Waterworks Co., (1856) 11 Exch 781: Bridges v. Directors etc. of N.L. Ry. (1873-74) HL 213; Governor-General in Council v. Mt. … responsible for any damage done owing to the thing escaping, unless, possibly, the damage is due to the plaintiff's act or default, vis major, or the act of God, or under statutory sanction positively enjoining the act … charged with negligence has failed to comply with or perform in the particular circumstance of each case. A very convenient classification has been formulated corresponding to the degree of negligence entailing liability measured by the degree of
Deceit
that the statement was relied upon by the plaintiff and caused damage; non-disclosure may be fradulent, see Suppressio veri, suggestio falsi,' and Cackett v. Keswick, (1902) 2 Ch 456, and Christine Ville Rubber Estates, (1911) 28 TLR … on the faith of a prospectus inviting him to subscribe against any director, or person named or referred to as a director in the prospectus … Lat.], fraud, cheat, craft, or collusion used to deceive and defraud another. In an action of deceit the plaintiff must prove that the defendant has made a false statement, knowing that it was false or without any
merger
the same conduct remain distinct. 4 : a doctrine in civil litigation: a judgment in favor of a plaintiff incorporates and supersedes the cause of action and any claims based on it and requires that further litigation … the act or process of merging b : absorption by one corporation of another ;also : any of various methods of combining two or more organizations (as business concerns) compare consolidate cash merger : a merger in … outright purchase of assets for cash, by continued participation of the shareholders, directors, and employees of the absorbed corporation, and by an assumption of liabilities
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Mandamus
party against whom the mandamus is sought and such right must be subsisting on the date of the petition, Kalyan Singh v. State of Uttar Pradesh, AIR 1962 SC 1183; Director of Settlements v. M.R. Apparao, (2004)
Unclaimed property
an order in his favour from the Chancery Division of the High Court, which 'shall, on application by petition by the new claimant, verified as the Court requires, order the National Debt Commissioners to transfer to him … Bankers for Safe Custody, and (6) Found Property. (1) Government Stock.-The National Debt Act, 1870 (33 & 34 Vict. c. 71), ss. 51 et seq., as extended by 20 & 21 Geo. 5, c. 28, s. 49 … for three years after having been declared may be forfeited by the directors for the benefit of' a company under that Act; but the Act
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