Tag: torts

  • 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.

  • Merger

    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 […]

  • 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 […]

  • 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 […]

  • Fraud

    Legal Definition and Related Resources of Fraud Meaning of Fraud In widest sense, the term denotes an infraction of the rules of fair dealing. while it is impossible to find a definition of fraud to embrace all f.r.s. that it may adopt , for it […]

  • Piracy

    Acts of robbery and violence committed upon the sea, without lawful authority . The term piracy is now extended to include acts of robbery or violence committed against an aircraft . Also, the term is used to denote an infringement of copyright .

  • Piracy

    Acts of robbery and violence committed upon the sea, without lawful authority . The term piracy is now extended to include acts of robbery or violence committed against an aircraft . Also, the term is used to denote an infringement of copyright .

  • Nuisance

    Legal Definition and Related Resources of Nuisance Meaning of Nuisance An actionable wrong , distinct from trespass and negligence . Consists in the wrongful act or omission on the part of the defendant which indirectly impairs the use and […]

  • Ouster

    Dispossession . Generally, a wrongful dispossession in respect to which the aggrieved party becomes entitled to maintain an action .

  • Ouster

    Dispossession . Generally, a wrongful dispossession in respect to which the aggrieved party becomes entitled to maintain an action .

  • 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 […]

  • Taking

    An element of larceny (g. v.) …

  • Taking

    An element of larceny (g. v.) …

  • To Forswear

    To Forswear

  • 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 […]