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due diligence

: the care that a prudent person might be expected to exercise in the examination and evaluation of risks affecting a business transaction b : the process of investigation carried on usually by a disinterested third party

defense

indictment) ;also : the evidence and arguments presented supporting the defendant's opposition see also accord, alibi, assumption of risk, coercion, consent contributory negligence at negligence, denial, diminished capacity, duress, entrapment, estoppel, fraud, infancy, insanity, intoxication, laches, mistake,

credit score

on time. Scores range from about 360 - 840: a lower score meaning a person is a higher risk, while a higher score means that there is less risk. Source: U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development

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contract

than contracts based on consideration. des·ti·na·tion contract : a contract for goods stipulating that the seller assumes the risk of loss from damage to the goods until they arrive at the destination specified in the contract compare

coinsurance

coinsurance 1 : joint assumption of risk (as by two underwriters) with another 2 : insurance (as fire insurance) in which the insured is obligated

reckless

reckless : characterized by the creation of a substantial and unjustifiable risk to the lives, safety, or rights of others and by a conscious and sometimes wanton and willful disregard

Contract of marine insurance

usage, be extended so as to protect the assured against losses on inland waters or against any land risk which may be incidental to a sea voyage, and it may also cover a ship in the course

Breach of confidence

Breach of confidence, is constituted by the unjustified disclosure or use, or by the unjustified putting at risk of such discloser or use, of the information imparted or, in the case of third parties, by the

Children

4) children under sixteen to beg in the streets, or exposing (s. 11) children under seven to the risk of burning, or allowing (s. 3) persons between the ages of four and sixteen to be in brothels,

Contract for sale of land

of the contract of sale the property belongs in equity to the purchaser and is at the purchaser's risk, see INSURANCE, but until the date of completion or other agreed data such as when a good title

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