Variance - Law Dictionary Search Results
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Variance, difference between the statements in a pleading and the evidence adduced in proof thereof. See Stephen on Pleading.The Courts are now very liberal in permitting variances in proceedings to be amended, especially where parties will suffer no prejudice. See AMENDMENT.A difference or disparity between two statements or documents that ought to agree especially in criminal procedure; a difference between allegations in a charging instrument and the proof actually produced at trial, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 1551....
variance
variance 1 : a disagreement between two documents or positions ;esp : a disagreement between allegations (as in an indictment or complaint) and proof offered at trial that warrants an appropriate remedy (as a directed verdict or an acquittal) when prejudicial to the substantial rights of the defendant 2 : an authorization to do something contrary to the usual restriction [a granted by a state agency] ;esp : permission for a use of real property that is prohibited by a zoning ordinance see also unnecessary hardship compare spot zoning ...
unnecessary hardship
unnecessary hardship : a deprivation of an owner's right to the beneficial use of property that is caused when a zoning ordinance makes it impossible to receive a reasonable return from the property NOTE: Unnecessary hardship may justify the granting of a variance if the use permitted by the variance will not alter the essential character of the locality. Unnecessary hardship must involve unique characteristics of the property itself, not economic difficulties of the owner. ...
Nisi prius record
Nisi prius record. This was an instrument in the nature of a commission to the judges at Nisi Prius for the trial of a cause, written on parchment and delivered to the officer of the Court in which the cause was to be tried. Any variance between the record and the issue should have been objected to at the time of trial, but the judges had power to amend variances. See RECORD and TRIAL....
mediator
mediator : one that works to effect reconciliation, settlement, or compromise between parties at variance compare arbitrator ...
spot zoning
spot zoning : the usually illegal rezoning of a small parcel of land within the limits of another zone that is illegal when not done in accord with a comprehensive zoning plan or when arbitrary or discriminatory compare variance ...
Disagree
To fail to accord not to agree to lack harmony to differ to be unlike to be at variance...
Disagreement
The state of disagreeing a being at variance dissimilitude diversity...
Discord
Want of concord or agreement absence of unity or harmony in sentiment or action variance leading to contention and strife disagreement applied to persons or to things and to thoughts feelings or purposes...
Discordant
Disagreeing incongruous being at variance clashing opposing not harmonious...
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