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Agent

on Agency or Evans on Principal and Agent. Where the principal is disclosed, only the principal can be sued. Where the principal is not disclosed, but the agent acts as agent, either the agent or the principal,

grieve

to bring a grievance under a grievance procedure [as a union member, Jackson was obligated to - not sue "Jackson v. Liquid Carbonic Corp., 863 F.2d 111 (1988)"]

dual capacity doctrine

a doctrine that provides an exception to the exclusive remedy of workers' compensation by allowing an employee to sue his or her employer when the injury caused by the employer to the employee is unrelated to the

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covenant

or a promise within a contract for the performance or nonperformance of a particular act [a not to sue] ;specif : a promise relating to the transfer, possession, or ownership of real property see also covenant not

corporation

administration and local self-government NOTE: As a result of its incorporation, a municipal corporation has the capacity to sue and be sued. Citizens as well as officials are usually considered part of a municipal corporation. professional corporation

controversy

to cases or controversies requires that an action brought in the federal court involve parties with standing to sue and questions that are ripe and not moot. con·tro·ver·sial [kÄ n-trə-vər-shəl, -vər-sē-əl] adj

aver

or declare positively esp. in a pleading : allege [not necessary to the capacity of a party to sue "Federal Rules of Civil Procedure Rule 9(a)"] NOTE: Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 8(e)(1) requires that averments in

ambulance chaser

ambulance chaser : a lawyer or lawyer's agent who solicits accident victims to sue for damages

aggregate

are regarded as “separate and distinct” "J. M. Landers et al."] [a-grə-gət] n 1 : total amount [may sue in federal court if the of the claims exceeds $50,000] 2 : a whole made up of individual

age of majority

age of 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

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