Tag: torts
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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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Merger
Legal Definition and Related Resources of Merger Meaning of Merger In relation to corporations, the term denotes the amalgamation of two corporations to form a new one. The absorption of one corporation by another, which retains its name and […]
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Defence
Legal Definition and Related Resources of Defence Meaning of Defence A pleading delivered in an action in the High Court in reply to the statement of claim. It answers the allegations in the statement of claim by admissions or denials, and may […]
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Defence
Legal Definition and Related Resources of Defence Meaning of Defence A pleading delivered in an action in the High Court in reply to the statement of claim. It answers the allegations in the statement of claim by admissions or denials, and may […]
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Ouster
Dispossession . Generally, a wrongful dispossession in respect to which the aggrieved party becomes entitled to maintain an action .
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Ouster
Dispossession . Generally, a wrongful dispossession in respect to which the aggrieved party becomes entitled to maintain an action .
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Intrusion
The entry of a stranger after the determination of a particular estate of freehold, before the entry of him in reversion or remainder. Intrusion or usurpation, and trespass are not synonymous terms. 96 111. 255. The entry and interposition of the stranger differs from an abatement in […]
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Taking
An element of larceny (g. v.) …
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Taking
An element of larceny (g. v.) …
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To Forswear
To Forswear
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Deforcement
The holding any lands or tenements to which another has a right. In its most extensive sense, the term includes any withholding of any lands or tenements to which another person has a right (Co. Litt. 277) ; so that this includes as well an abatement, an intrusion, a disseisin, or a […]