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Conversion and detinue
Conversion and detinue, a conversion is an act of wilful interference, without lawful justification, with any chattel in a manner inconsistent with the right of another, whereby that other is deprived of the use and possession...
Criminal information
Criminal information, a proceeding in the King's Bench Division of the High Court of Justice at the suit of the king,without a previous indictment or presentment by a grand jury. Criminal informa-tions are of two sorts:...
Demurrage
Demurrage, a term used in commercial navigation, signifying on allowance made to the owners of a ship by the freighter, for detaining her in port longer than the period agreed upon for her sailing. It is...
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Master and servant
Master and servant, a relation whereby a person calls in the assistance of others, where his own skill and labour are not sufficient to carry out his own business or purpose. See LABOURERS. Servants are of...
Desertion
Desertion, (1) the criminal offence of abandoning the naval or military service without license. See ss. 12 et seq. of the (English) Army Act, 1881, replacing similar s.s of the (English) annual Mutiny Acts, and Reg....
Ex dolo malo non oritur actio
Ex dolo malo non oritur actio. Cowp. 343.-(From a fraud an action does not arise.) See Collins v. Blantern, (1767) 2 Wils. 341; 1 Sm. L.C., where it has held that a bond given to induce...
Forfeiture
Forfeiture, a penalty for an offence or unlawful act, or for some wilful omission of a tenant of property whereby he loses it, together with his title, which devolves upon others. Forfeiture resulted from the following...
If from any cause whatsoever
If from any cause whatsoever in a contract ran as: 'If from any cause whatsoever, the purchase should not be completed and the purchase money paid on the day hereinbefore stipulated, not paid, the purchaser shall...
Judge
Judge [fr. juge, Fr.; judex, Lat.], one invested with authority to determine any cause or question in a Court of judicature. The word 'judge' denotes not only every person who is officially designated as a judge...
Lata culpa dolo 'quiparatur
Lata culpa dolo 'quiparatur (gross negligence is tantamount to fraud). It has been said that this maxim does not hold in English law; negligence, however great, does not of itself constitute fraud [Le Lievre v. Gould,...
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