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Passing off

customers calculated to injure, as a reasonably foreseeable consequence, the business or goodwill of another which actually or probably, causes damages to the business or good of the other trader, Wander Ltd. v. Antox India P. Ltd., … calculated to injure, as a reasonably foreseeable consequence, the business or goodwill of another which actually or probably, causes damages to the business or good of the other trader, Wander Ltd. v. Antox India P. Ltd., 1990

arrest

for the person to believe that he or she is not free to leave see also miranda warnings probable cause at cause, warrant compare stop cit·i·zen's arrest : an arrest made not by a law officer but by

Abscond

proof that he has good cause of action to the amount of 50/. or upwards; that there is probable cause to believe that the defendant is about to quit England unless he be apprehended; and that the absence

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Intent to annoy

with the intent to annoy, intimi-date or insult, it is necessary for the Court to be satisfied that causing such annoyance, intimidation or insult was the aim of the entry; that it is not sufficient for that

Likely

distinguished from a mere possibility. The word 'bodily injury ........................ sufficient in the ordinary course of nature to cause death' mean that death will be the 'most probable' result of the injury, having regard to the ordinary … (1891) 2 Ch 269. Likely, the world 'likely' in clause (b) of s. 299 conveys the sense of probable as distinguished from a mere possibility. The word 'bodily injury ........................ sufficient in the ordinary course of nature

Measure of damage

as the whole or a portion of the loss may be too remote to be the natural and probable consequence of that which constitutes the cause of action, and this will most frequently occur in actions of

Reasonable grounds

Reasonable grounds, means something more than prima facie grounds. It contemplates substantial probable causes for believing that the accused is not guilty of the alleged offence. The reasonable belief contemplated in … Reasonable grounds, means something more than prima facie grounds. It contemplates substantial probable causes for believing that the accused is not guilty of the alleged offence. The reasonable belief contemplated in the

malicious prosecution

: the tort of initiating a criminal prosecution or civil suit against another party with malice and without probable cause ;also : an action for damages based on this tort brought after termination of the proceedings in favor

Legal malice

done without lawful excuse. In other words it is an act done wrongfully and wilfully without reasonable or probable cause and not necessarily an act done from ill feeling and spite, Punjab State Electricity Board v. Zora Singh,

Immediately apparent requirement

Immediately apparent requirement, means the principle that a police officer must have probable cause to believe that an item is contraband before seizing it, Coolidge v. New Hampshire, 403 US 443; 91

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