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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,...
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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Wharton's Rule
Wharton's Rule [after Francis Wharton (1820-89), American lawyer and author, who formulated it] : a rule that prohibits the prosecution
Rule absolute
Rule absolute, means a rule to show cause upon which on hearing, the court has made a peremptory order,
Low visibility rules
Low visibility rules, these are rules of law which are made inaccessible to the public. Generally these are obscure laws, with
McNabb-Mallory rule
McNabb-Mallory rule, Criminal Procedure the doctrine that a confession is inadmissible if obtained during an reasonably long detention period between … cases, McNabb v. United States, 318 US 332, 63 S.Ct. 608 (1943); Mallory v. United States, 354 US 449, 77 S.Ct. 1356 (1957); Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 994.
Rules of the Supreme Court (Costs)
Rules of the Supreme Court (Costs). The (English) Rules respecting costs made by Order in Council of the 12th
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
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
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