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subrogation
debtor or obligor ;also : a doctrine holding that when an insurance company pays an insured's claim of loss due to another's tort the insurer succeeds to the insured's rights (as the right to sue for damages)
Enticement
also Elliot v. Albert, (1934) 1 KB 650, loss of consortium (q.v.). To lure of * esp. to wrongfully solicit (a person) to do some-thing, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 553.
Latin information
debt or damages for a tort or otherwise, see A.G. v. Valle-Jones, (1935) 2 KB 209 (damage by loss of services); an English information is an information in equity on the revenue side of the King's Bench
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Tort
defines Tort as under: 'Tort signifies an act which gives rise to a right of action, being a wrongful act or injury consisting in the infringement of a right created otherwise than by a contract. Torts are … was been held to include--detinue [Bryant v. Herbert, (1877) 3 CPD 389]; an action against a carrier for loss of goods by refusal to stop in transitu [Pontifex v. Mid. Ry. Co., (1877) 3 QBD 23]; and
Wrongful dismissal
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mitigation of damages
doctrine in tort and contract law: a person injured by another is required to mitigate his or her losses resulting from the injury [whether the patient shares any fault and whether the patient has satisfied the requirements
Harm
Yusuf Khan Haji Ibrahim Khan, AIR 1966 SC 1773 (1774): 1966 Supp SCR 123. (Penal Code, 1860). Injury, loss, or detriment, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 722. … Harm, in its dictionary meaning it connotes hurt; injury; damage; impairment; moral wrong or evil, Veeda Menezes v. Yusuf Khan Haji Ibrahim Khan, AIR 1966 SC 1773 (1774): 1966 Supp SCR
in pari delicto
lawsuit n : a doctrine that bars a plaintiff who has participated in wrongdoing from recovering damages for loss resulting from the wrongdoing … in pari delicto [New Latin, in like offense] : in equal fault or wrong used of parties to a lawsuit n : a doctrine that bars a plaintiff who has participated in
Reparation
High Court of Gujarat, (1998) 7 SCC 392. Mean 'Payment for an injury or damage; redress for a wrong done, several states have adopted the Uniform Crime Victims Reparation Act, certain federal statutes also provide for reparation … Victims Reparation Act, certain federal statutes also provide for reparation for violation of the Act; especially persons suffering losses because of violations of the Commodity Futures Trading Act may seek reparation under the Act against the violator.
Damages
to entertain an application for an injunction against a breach of agreement, or against the commission of a wrongful act, or for the specific performance of any agreement, the same Court might award damages to the party … Damages, constitute the sum of money claimed or adjudged to be paid in compensation for loss or injury sustained, the value estimated in money, of something lost or withheld, Divisional Controller K.S.R.T.C. v. Mahadeva
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