special facts doctrine — n: a doctrine holding that a corporate officer with superior knowledge gained by virtue of being an insider owes a limited fiduciary duty to a shareholder in transactions involving transfer of stock Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam… … Law dictionary
public duty doctrine — n: a doctrine in tort law: a government entity (as a state or municipality) cannot be held liable for the injuries of an individual resulting from a public officer s or employee s breach of a duty owed to the public as a whole as distinguished… … Law dictionary
duty — du·ty n pl du·ties [Anglo French deuté indebtedness, obligation, from deu owing, due, from Old French see due] 1: tasks, service, or functions that arise from one s position performing a police officer s duties; also: a period of being on duty… … Law dictionary
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Special Report: Middle Eastern Affairs — ▪ 1994 Introduction Islamic Fundamentalism BY JOHN L. ESPOSITO From the Iranian revolution of 1978 79 to the bombing of the New York World Trade Center in 1993, Islamic fundamentalism has become an issue of international… … Universalium
Christian Doctrine — Christian Doctrine † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Christian Doctrine Taken in the sense of the act of teaching and the knowledge imparted by teaching , this term is synonymous with CATECHESIS and CATECHISM. Didaskalia, didache, in the… … Catholic encyclopedia