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Home Dictionary Name: responseCollective responsibility
Collective responsibility, the concept of collective responsibility is essentially a political concept. The country is governed by the party in power on the basis of the policies adopted and laid down by it in the Cabinet meeting. 'Collective responsibility' has two meanings: the first meaning which can legitimately be ascribed to it is that all members of a government are unanimous in support of its policies and would exhibit that unanimity on public occasions although while formulating the polices, they might have expressed a different view in the meeting of the Cabinet. The other meaning is that Ministers, who had an opportunity to speak for or against the polices in the Cabinet are thereby personally and morally responsible for its success and failure, Common Cause, A Registered Society v. Union of India, (1999) 6 SCC 667 (698): AIR 1999 SC 2977. [Constitution of India, Arts. 75(3), 226 and 32]Is the responsibility of a number of individuals acting together, responsibility of a Cab...
partial responsibility
partial responsibility : diminished responsibility ...
Vicarious responsibility
Vicarious responsibility. A principal is liable for acts of his agent within the scope of his mandate. If A., an innocent principal, by B. his agent to report, misleads C., his selling agent, and C., relying on the report, innocently misleads the buyer, the latter may recover damages against the principal for deceit if B.'s report was reckless and untrue, London County Freehold, etc. Properties, Ltd. v. Berkeley Pro-perty, etc. Co. Ltd., 155 LT 190. The knowledge of the principal and his agent is one, Pearson v. Dublin Corporation 1907 AC 351; although the functions may have been divided and one only of the con-stituents has been guilty, the mind, and with it the guilt, if any, and the act are collectively the principal's, and his responsibility. Qui facit per alium facit per se....
acceptance of responsibility
acceptance of responsibility :a convicted federal defendant's acknowledgment of and remorse for his or her crime such that the sentencing judge has the discretion under the federal sentencing guidelines to reduce the offense level and so impose a less severe sentence ...
financial responsibility law
financial responsibility law : a law that requires a driver involved in an accident to provide proof of the ability to pay a judgment obtained against him or her ...
responsible
responsible 1 a : liable to be called on to answer b : liable to be called to account as the primary cause, motive, or agent c : liable to legal review or in case of fault to penalties 2 : characterized by trustworthiness, integrity, and requisite abilities and resources [awarded the contract to the lowest bidder] 3 : able to choose for oneself between right and wrong 4 : marked by or involving accountability [a office] re·spon·si·bil·i·ty n re·spon·si·ble·ness n re·spon·si·bly adv ...
responsive pleading
responsive pleading see pleading ...
responsive verdict
responsive verdict see verdict ...
conditioned response
a behavioral response to a stimulus that has been acquired by experience or conditioning...
conditioned emotional response
an emotional response that has been acquired by conditioning...
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