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Force majeure
Law Dictionary, p. 657. The expression 'force majeure' is not a mere French version of the Latin expression 'vis major'. It is undoubtedly a term of wider import. Difficulties have arisen in the past as to what could … included in 'force majeure'. Judges have agreed that strikes, breakdown of machinery, which, though normally not included in 'vis major' are included in 'force majeure'. An analysis of rulings on the subject into which it is not necessary
Collision of ships
blame being imputable to either party: as where the loss is occasioned by a storm or any other vis major, in that case the misfortune must be borne by the party on whom it happens to light, the
Negligence
done owing to the thing escaping, unless, possibly, the damage is due to the plaintiff's act or default, vis major, or the act of God, or under statutory sanction positively enjoining the act causing damage; even in this
immigration reform and control act (irca) of 1986
of 11/6/86), which was passed in order to control and deter illegal immigration to the United States. Its major provisions stipulate legalization of undocumented aliens who had been continuously unlawfully present since 1982, legalization of certain agricultural
Finding
the disposal of the appeal or proceeding, Commissioner of Income Tax v. S. Raghubir Singh Trust Through Chairman Major Harjender Singh, AIR 1980 SC 98: (1980) 2 SCC 212. Means the year beginning on the 1st April
Review
that 'review' is a creature of statute and cannot be entertained in the absence of a provision thereof, Major Chandra Bhan Singh v. Latafat Ullah Khan, AIR 1978 SC 1814 (1817): (1979) 1 SCC 321: (1978) 1
Restitutio in integrum
own carelessness. The following are the chief cases in which a restitutio might be decreed:- The case of vis et metus. When a man had acted under the influence of force or reasonable fear caused by the … obtain no restitutio; for instance, when a minor with a fradulent design gave himself out to be a major, when he confirmed the transaction after coming of age, and in other cases. The case of absentia, which
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