Dictionary from West's Encyclopedia of American Law. 2005.
Short Dictionary of (mostly American) Legal Terms and Abbreviations.
Supervening — Supervene Su per*vene , v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Supervened}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Supervening}.] [L. supervenire, superventum, to come over, to come upon; super over + venire to come. See {Super }, and {Come}, and cf. {Overcome}.] To come as something… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
supervening cause — see cause 1 Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster. 1996. supervening cause n … Law dictionary
supervening negligence — To come within the doctrine of last clear chance or supervening negligence, four conditions must coexist, to wit: (1) the injured party has already come into a position of peril; (2) the injuring party then or thereafter becomes, or in the… … Black's law dictionary
Supervening — supervenience … Philosophy dictionary
supervening — su·per·vene || ‚suËpÉ™(r) vɪËn v. occur as something additional; occur after, follow, ensue … English contemporary dictionary
supervening — … Useful english dictionary
supervening cause — A new effective cause which, operating independently of anything else, becomes proximate cause of accident. See also intervening cause superseding cause … Black's law dictionary
supervening cause — See intervening cause … Ballentine's law dictionary
supervening negligence — See intervening cause; last clear chance … Ballentine's law dictionary
South African contract law — is essentially a modernised version of the Roman Dutch law of contract, [1] which is itself rooted in Roman law. In the broadest definition, a contract is an agreement entered into by two or more parties with the serious intention of creating a… … Wikipedia
