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Costs
717. County Courts Act, 1934 (English) (c. 53), s. 47, regulates the costs of actions of contact or tort (s. 59, Admiralty proceedings) commenced in the High Court which could have been commenced in the County Court.
liability
their product] absolute liability : strict liability in this entry alternative liability : joint liability imposed on multiple tortfeasors when there are simultaneous tortious acts (as defective manufacture of parts of a wheel by different manufacturers) and
County Courts
100l.; (2) where the only matter remaining to be tried is a counter-claim, founded either on contract or tort, where the matter indispute doesnot exceed 100l.; (3) where the plaintiff's claim is for the recovery ofland (with
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assault
assaut, literally, attack, ultimately from Latin assultus, from assilire to leap (on), attack] 1 : the crime or tort of threatening or attempting to inflict immediate offensive physical contact or bodily harm that one has the present
Trespass
popular speech, it is limited to one particular kind of trespass in the second sense - viz. the tort of trespass to land, R.F.V. Hewton, Salmond on the Law of Torts 4 (17th Edn., 1977). It implies
force
force in this entry NOTE: As a general rule, deadly force may be used without incurring criminal or tort liability when one reasonably believes that one's life or safety is in danger. In some cases, a person's
Remitter of actions to County Court
any action brought in the High Court where (1) the plaintiff's claim is founded either on contract or tort and the amount claimed or remaining in dispute does not exceed 100l., whether the counterclaim (if any) exceeds
Nuisance
one or two persons, it is a private--not a public--nuisance, and affords ground only for an action of tort. But that which is either in its nature or its consequences an injury or a damage to all
Damage
McGregor are the pecuniary compensation, obtainable by success in an action, for a wrong which is either a tort or a breach of contract, the compensation being in the form of a lump sum which is awarded
cause
which was the of the plaintiff's injury] NOTE: The cause of an injury must be proven in both tort and criminal cases. actual cause : cause in fact in this entry but-for cause : cause in fact
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