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Damage-cleer

Pleas, and the twentieth part in the King's Bench and Exchequer, out of all damages exceeding five marks recovered in those courts, in actions upon the case, covenant, trespass, etc., wherein the damages were uncertain; which the

Coca derivative

for the manufacture of cocaine; (b) ecgonine and all the derivatives of ecgonine from which it can be recovered; (c) cocaine, that is, methyl ester of benzoyl-ecgonine and its salts; and (d) all preparations containing more than

Capias ad satisfaciendum

this kind of execution was abolished 'in any action for the recovery of any debt wherein the sum recovered shall not exceed 20l. exclusive of the costs recovered by such judgment,' and by the (English) Debtors Act,

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tax benefit rule

that if an amount (as of a loss) used as a deduction in a prior taxable year is recovered in a later year it must be included in the gross income for the later year to the

Circuity of action

Circuity of action, a longer course of proceeding to recover a thing sued for than is needful--Terms de la Ley; also a general term denoting inter alia a

Compounding

the offence is virtually an offence against the public, for the party injured may maintain an action to recover compensation in damages. See Keir v. Leeman, (1844) 6 QB 308; (1846) 9 QB 371; Odgers on the

recapture

recapture -tured -tur·ing 1 : to capture again 2 : to recover or take (as an excess or gain) by law or agreement ;esp : to recover (a tax benefit)

Action

Action, conduct, something done; also the form prescribed by Law for the recovery of one's due, or the lawful demand of one's right. Bracton (Bk. 3, cap. 1) defines it:-Actio nihil

Pactum de quota litis

quota litis, an agreement by which a creditor promised to pay a portion of a debt difficult to recover, to a person who undertook to recover it, Civ. Law.

Contributory negligence

2002 SC 2864 (2866). [Motor Vehicles Act, 1988] Negligence on the part of a plaintiff disentitling him to recover. 'Sometimes, however, he [the defendant] is driven to admit that he was guilty of some negligence, which may

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