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York-Antwerp Rules
York-Antwerp Rules. Optional rules of practice on the subject of general average for the assistance of shipowners, merchants, underwriters and
Ruling Chief
in Shorter Oxford English Dictionary, 3rd Edn., Vol. 2, p. 1867 is: 'One who, or that which, exercise rule, especially of supreme or sovereign kind.' Normally the expression 'Ruling Chief' connotes 'a person who is endowed with … which is sovereign and indepen-dent, Govindrao v. State of Madhya Pradesh, AIR 1982 SC 1201: (1982) 2 SCC 414: (1982) 3 SCR 729. [CP & Berar Revocation of Land Revenue Exemptions Act, 1948 (34 of 1948), s.
special hazard rule
special hazard rule : an exception to the going and coming rule that allows an employee to recover from an employer
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rule against perpetuities
rule against perpetuities often cap R&P : a common-law rule stating that in order for a future interest to
rule in Shelley's case
rule in Shelley's case [from Wolfe v. Shelley, a 1581 English case invoking the rule] : a former common-law
rule of completeness
rule of completeness :a rule permitting a party to require introduction of the rest of or more of a
rule of reason
rule of reason :a standard used in restraint of trade actions that requires the plaintiff to show and the
ruling
ruling : an official or authoritative determination, decree, statement, or interpretation (as by a judge on a question of law) [followed a previous on the same question] see also revenue ruling compare decision, disposition, finding, holding,...
Unus Nullus Rule, The
Unus Nullus Rule, The, the rule of evidence which obtains in the Civil Law, that the testimony of one witness is … is usually rejected by a jury under the direction of the judge [In re Meunier, (1894) 2 QB 415]; the same procedure will usually apply to the uncorroborated testimony of a party in divorce proceedings or the
residuum rule
residuum rule : a rule requiring that the decision or order of an administrative agency be supported by at least
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