Search results for: “tort liability”
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Apportionment Of Liability
Meaning of Apportionment of Liability In this law dictionary, the legal term apportionment of liability is a kind of the Torts class. Resources See Also Negligence Torts Torts
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Strict Liability
In the case of Rylands v Fletcher, L.R.3 Fl.L. 330, the rule of strict liability was stated thus: We think that the true rule of law is that the person who for his own purposes brings on his lands and collects and keeps there anything likely to do mischief if it escapes must keep same…
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Business Liability
English Legal System: Business LiabilityIn the context of the English law, A Dictionary of Law provides the following legal concept of Business Liability : Liability (contractual or tortious) for a breach of obligations or duties arising in the course of a business (which can include the […]
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Product Liability
Responsabilidad civil del fabricante…
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Vicarious Liability
ResourcesSee AlsoLaw Dictionaries.Accomplices; Actus Reus; Conspiracy; Corporate Criminal Responsibility; Strict Liability. Scope of Employment; Tort Law.Further ReadingAmerican Law Institute. Mo…
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Civil Liability Contribution
English Legal System: Civil Liability ContributionIn the context of the English law, A Dictionary of Law provides the following legal concept of Civil Liability Contribution : The right of a person who is liable for damage to recover from any other person who is liable for the same damage a […]
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Executor De Son Tort
A person who by so intermeddling with the estate of a deceased person, takes upon himself the office of executor, although he has not been constituted by the deceased, and in the absence of that designation has not also been appointed to act as administrator by a court of competent […]
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Abnormally dangerous
More dangerous than is usual with places, persons, or things of that general variety. The possibilities for legal significance are obvious, e.g., one may have no tort liability toward one who has knowingly continued to work in a place which is normally a dangerous place, but may if it is […]
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Consumer Protection
Consumer protection in Law Enforcement Main Entry: Law Enforcement in the Legal Dictionary. This section provides, in the context of Law Enforcement, a partial definition of consumer protection. Resources Legal English Vocabulary: Consumer Protection in Spanish Online translation of the […]
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Classification of Animals
Classification of animals in Law EnforcementMain Entry: Law Enforcement in the Legal Dictionary. This section provides, in the context of Law Enforcement, a partial definition of classification of animals.ResourcesSee AlsoLaw Enforcement Officer Police Officer Law Enforcement Agency Further […]
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Defamation
The publication of a statement which tends to lower a person in the estimation of right thinking members of society generally, or which tends to make them shun or avoid that person. Defamation is either libel or slander . See libel and slander.
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Polluter-Pays Principle
Polluter-Pays Principle in Global Commerce Policy In this regard, polluter-pays principle is: a principle embodied in the OECD Guiding Principles Concerning Environmental Policies. The entries on trade policy are here. It states that the polluter should bear the expenses of carrying out […]