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responsive verdict
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age of majority
majority :the age at which a person is granted by law the rights (as ability to sue) and responsibilities (as liability under contract) of an adult compare emancipate NOTE: At common law, the age of majority was … age of majority :the age at which a person is granted by law the rights (as ability to sue) and responsibilities
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Lunatic
As to their liability for tortious acts, see Clerk and Lindsell, 7th Edn. P. 45.As to the criminal responsibility of insane persons, see MACNAUGHTON'S CASE, RULES IN. A jury may return the special verdict that a prisoner
emancipate
;esp : to free from bondage [emancipated the slaves] compare enfranchise 2 : to release from the care, responsibility, and control of one's parents compare age of majority, legal age NOTE: The circumstances under which a minor … compare enfranchise 2 : to release from the care, responsibility, and control of one's parents compare age of majority, legal age NOTE: The circumstances under which a minor may become emancipated vary from state to state. In
legal age
age at which a person becomes entitled under the law to engage in a particular activity or becomes responsible for particular acts [the legal age for drinking in this state] ;broadly : age of majority compare age … or becomes responsible for particular acts [the legal age for drinking in this state] ;broadly : age of majority compare age of consent, emancipate
burden of production
the evidence NOTE: The burden of production must be met in order to avoid a dismissal or directed verdict. Both parties to a suit usu. have burdens of production during the course of a suit, and often … burden of production :the responsibility of the party that is presenting an issue or fact to produce evidence sufficient to support a favorable
Settlement credit
verdict on non-settling defendants-to account for settlement funds the plaintiff has received from former defendants or from other responsible parties, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 1377.
Macnaughton's Case, Rules in
Macnaughton's case,' and have been accepted as laying down the law as to insanity with reference to criminal responsibility. See Archbold, Crim. Pleading, etc., 25th Edn., p. 15 et seq. The rules have been the subject of … Macnaughton, and as a result a series of questions were put to the judges. The answers of the majority constitute 'the rules in Macnaughton's case,' and have been accepted as laying down the law as to insanity
Closure
result of the action taken by Speaker Brand on February, 1881, in terminating a debate on his own responsibilities after a debate lasting 41' hours during which the Irish members had deliberately protracted the debate on the … Sabha, 10th Edn., 2002, r. 362(LS). Is the procedure by which a debate may be terminated by a majority decision of the House, even through all members wishing to speak have not done so. In the House
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