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Damages
which forms the subject-matter of the action; and (2) Special damage, i.e., such other damage as can be recovered only if it is specially alleged and specifically proved. When an action cannot be sustained unless there is
Finder of goods
in the mud of a pool by a workman employed amongst others to clean the pool out were recovered from the workman by the owners of the pool; and goods found buried in the earth belong to
Wager
B. at the request of B. in discharge of bets lost by B. to other persons cannot be recovered by A. from B. [Tatam v. Reeve, (1893) 1 QB 44]. The consideration for a cheque given, or
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libel
matters of public concern. In New York Times Co. v. Sullivan, the Court held that in order to recover damages a public person (as a celebrity or politician) who alleges libel (as by a newspaper) has to
County Courts
were first established in 1846 by 9 & 10 Vict. c. 95, 'the Act for the more easy recovery of Small Debts and Demands in England,' repealed and re-enacted with fourteen amending Acts by the consolidating and
Unclaimed property
handed over to the representative of a holder, who had taken out administration de bonis non, the amount recovered on 100l. stock being about 3000l., 6600l. having been previously recovered by another plaintiff against the same defendants
Poundage
Poundage, a certain sum deducted from or added to each pound of any sum of money recovered by one person for another, to remunerate the person recovering the sum for his trouble. The sheriff's poundage
Measure of damage
e.g., libel, slander, violence, malice, cruelty, or breach of promise of marriage. The actual loss cannot always be recovered, as the whole or a portion of the loss may be too remote to be the natural and
Law Reform (UK)
damage is suffered by any persons a result of a tort (whether a crime or not)-- (a) judgment recovered against any tortfeasor liable in respect of that damage shall not be a bar to an action against
Fieri facias
to be made), a judicial writ of execution, the most commonly used that lies for him who has recovered any debt or damages in the King's Courts. It is a command to the sheriff, that of the
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