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Home Dictionary Name: superiorrespondeat superior
respondeat superior [Medieval Latin, let the superior give answer] : a doctrine in tort law that makes a master liable for the wrong of a servant ;specif : the doctrine making an employer or principal liable for the wrong of an employee or agent if it was committed within the scope of employment or agency [to recover…upon a theory of respondeat superior, it is incumbent upon plaintiff to prove that the collision occurred while the driver was within the scope of his employment "Perdue v. Mitchell, 373 So. 2d 650 (1979)"] compare scope of employment vicarious liability at liability ...
Respondeat superior
Respondeat superior, means 'let the superior give answer'. A doctrine in tort law that makes a master liable for the wrong of a servant; specific; the doctrine making an employer or principal liable for the wrong of an employee or agent if it was committed within the scope of employment or agency, Perdue v. Mitchell, 373 So 2d 650 (1979).Respondeat superior. 4 Inst. 114.--(Let the principal be held responsible.) The person directing an unlawful act to be done by his servant or agent is answerable as if he had done the act with his own hand, See Knott v. London County Council, (1934) 1 KB 126; VICARIOUS RESPONSIBILITY....
superior
superior : of higher status, rank, or priority ...
superior court
superior court often cap S&C 1 : a court of general jurisdiction intermediate between the inferior courts and the higher appellate courts 2 : a court having original jurisdiction and conducting jury trials ...
superior knowledge
superior knowledge see knowledge ...
Bancus superior
Bancus superior, abbrev. Banc.Sup. [Lat.], the Upper Bench; the King's Bench was so called during the Protectorate....
Kerosene or superior Kerosene oil
Kerosene or superior Kerosene oil, means a middle distillate mixture of hydrocarbons which conforms to such specifications, as the Central Government may, in consultation with the Bureau of Indian Standards, notify from time to time. [The Petroleum and Natural Gas Regulatory Board Act, 2006, s. 2(s)]...
Superior
Superior, the grantor of a feudal right to be held of himself. See Bell's Scots Law Dict....
Superior courts
Superior courts, the Courts of Chancery, King's (or Queen's) bench, Common Pleas, and Exchequer, at Westminster, were so called. See these Courts treated of under the proper titles; and see titles HIGH COURT OF JUSTICE; SUPREME COURT OF JUDICATURE....
Appeal
Appeal [fr. appellatio, Lat.; appeller, Fr.]. the judicial examination of the decision by a higher Court of the decision of an inferior Court. Thus there is an appeal from the High Court to the Court of Appeal (see (English) Judicature Act, 1925, s. 27), from the Court of Appeal to the House of Lords (see s. 3 of the (English) Appellate Jurisdiction Act, 1876, c. 59), from the Petty Sessions to Quarter Sessions, where the appeal is by way of retrial (see s. 19 of the (English) Summary Jurisdiction Act, 1879, also Summary Jurisdiction (Appeals) Act, 1933, and SESSIONS OF THE PEACE), from the County Courts to the Court of Appeal (see s. 105 of the County Courts Act, 1934, and next title), and in criminal matters, to the Court of Criminal Appeal under the (English) Criminal Appeal Act, 1907, or under the (English) Crown Cases Act, 1848 (11 & 12 Vict. c. 78). Appeals to the House of Lords in forma pauperis are checked by the (English) Appeal (Forma Pauperis) Act, 1893 (56 & 57 Vict. c. 22)...
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