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substantial factor : an important or significant factor that is not necessarily the only factor leading to a plaintiff's injury but is sufficient to have caused the injury by itself compare but-for ...
fair play and substantial justice
fair play and substantial justice : a requirement or standard of fairness which a court's assertion of personal jurisdiction over a nonresident defendant must meet in order to avoid a violation of the defendant's right to due process see also minimum contacts International Shoe Co. v. Washington in the Important Cases section NOTE: In International Shoe Co. v. Washington, the Supreme Court held that in order for a state court to exercise jurisdiction over a defendant whose residence is elsewhere, the court must establish that the defendant has such minimum contacts with the state that the exercise of jurisdiction over the defendant does not offend traditional notions of fair play and substantial justice. Among the factors used to make this determination are the difficulty for the defendant of appearing in the court, the state's interest in deciding the case, and the plaintiff's interest in the convenience of the court and the effectiveness of the relief to be obtained there. ...
Factor
Factor [fr. facteur, Fr.], a substitute in mercantile affairs; an agent employed to sell goods or merchandise consigned or delivered to him by or for his principal, for a compensation commonly called factorage or commission. Hence he is often called a commission-merchant or consignee; and the goods received by him for sale are called a consignment. He is a home factor when he resides in the same state or country with his principal, and a foreign factor when he resides in a different state or country. He differs from a broker in this, and he may buy and sell in his own name, and is entrusted with the possession and disposal of the goods, and has a special property in, and a lien on, them; yet neither can delegate his authority, unless conferred by usages of trade or the assent of his principal. Factors have no incidental authority to barter goods, or to pledge them for advances made to them on their own account, or debts due by themselves; but they may pledge them for advances made on a...
but-for
but-for : of or relating to the necessary cause (as a negligent act) without which a particular result (as damage) would not have occurred [a but-for test of causation] compare substantial factor ...
Substantial question of law
Substantial question of law, the proper test for determining whether a question of law raised in the case is substantial would, in our opinion, be whether it is of general public importance or whether it directly and, substantially affects the rights of the parties and if so whether it is either an open question in the sense that it is not finally, settled by this court or by the Privy Council or by the Federal Court or is not free from difficulty or calls for discussion of alternative views. If the question is settled by the highest court or the general principles to be applied in determining the question are well-settled and there is a mere question of applying those principles or that the plea raised is palpably absurd the question would not be a substantial question of law, Chunilal V. Mehta v. Century Spq & Mfg. Co. Ltd., AIR 1962 SC 1314 (1318): 1962 Supp (3) SCR 549. [Constitution of India, Art. 133(1)]What is a substantial question of law would certainly depend upon fact and ci...
compensating factors
compensating factors factors that show the ability to repay a loan based on less traditional criteria, such as employment, rent, and utility payment history. Source: U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development ...
factoring
factoring : the purchasing of accounts receivable from a business by a factor who assumes the risk of loss in return for some agreed discount ...
Factor
One who transacts business for another an agent a substitute especially a mercantile agent who buys and sells goods and transacts business for others in commission a commission merchant or consignee He may be a home factor or a foreign factor He may buy and sell in his own name and he is intrusted with the possession and control of the goods and in these respects he differs from a broker...
substantial justice
substantial justice : justice of a sufficient degree esp. to satisfy a standard of fairness ;also : justice administered according to the substance and not necessarily the form of the law [all pleadings shall be so construed as to do substantial justice "Federal Rules of Civil Procedure Rule 8(f)"] see also fair play and substantial justice ...
Substantial portion of such goods
Substantial portion of such goods, the expression 'substantial portion of such goods' in s. 115(1)(e) has been used to mean substantial portion of the goods that have been imported keeping in view the quantity as well as the value of the goods that have been imported, India Steamship Co. Ltd. v. Union of India, AIR 1998 SC 1955 (1958): (1998) 4 SCC 293. [Customs Act, 1962 s. 115(1)(e)]...
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