Wilfulness - Law Dictionary Search Results
Action
Action, conduct, something done; also the form prescribed by Law for the recovery of one's due, or the lawful demand of one's right. Bracton (Bk. 3, cap. 1) defines it:-Actio nihil aliud est quam jus prosequendi...
Alimony
Alimony [fr. alimonia. Lat.], the allowance made to a wife out of her husband's estate for her support, either during a matrimonial suit or at its termination, when she proves herself entitled to a separate maintenance,...
Birds
Birds. Larceny may be committed at Common Law of domestic fowls, as hens, ducks, geese, etc. (1 Hale, PC 511), and of tame pigeons, though unconfined, Reg. v. Cheafor, (1851) 2 Den CCR 361, and of...
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Breach
Breach, means 'infringement or violation of a promise or obligation, Skandia Insurance Co. Ltd. v. Kokila Ben Chandravardan, (1987) 2 SCC 654: AIR 1987 SC 1184: (1987) 2 SCR 752. [Motor Vehicles Act, 1939, s. 96(2)(b)]...
Breach of trust
Breach of trust, a violation of duty by a trustee, executor, or other person in a fiduciary position. In some cases a breach of trust may be a comparatively venial offence, arising from the trustee having...
Cause of action
Cause of action, a cause of action is a bundle of facts which are required to be pleaded and proved for the purpose of obtaining relief claimed in the suit. For the aforementioned purpose, the material...
Caveat viator
Caveat viator (let the traveller beware), meaning that he must use reasonable care for his own safety; but a traveller or passer-by on premises on or over which he has a right to be or to...
Chimney
Chimney. Ss. 30, 31 of the (English) Town Police Clauses Act, 1847 (10 & 11 Vict. c. 89), which are applied to all urban districts by s. 171 of the Public Health Act, 1875 (38 &...
Confusion, property by
Confusion, property by. Where goods of two persons are so intermixed that the several portions can no longer be distinguished; if the intermixture be by consent, it is supposed that the proprietors have an interest in...
Contradiction in terms
Contradiction in terms, a phrase of which the parts are expressly inconsistent, as e.g., 'murder but not wilful,' 'a fee-simple for life.'
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