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111abuse — 1 /ə byüz/ vt abused, abus·ing 1: to put to a use other than the one intended: as a: to put to a bad or unfair use abusing the powers of office b: to put to improper or excessive use abuse narcotics …
112contributory negligence — see negligence Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster. 1996. contributory negligence …
113deceit — de·ceit n: deliberate and misleading concealment, false declaration, or artifice: deception theft by deceit; also: the tort of committing or carrying out deceit an action for deceit see also fraud, misrepresentation …
114deception — de·cep·tion /di sep shən/ n 1: an act of deceiving 2: something that deceives: deceit Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster. 1996 …
115mistake — mis·take n 1: an unintentional error esp. in legal procedure or form that does not indicate bad faith and that commonly warrants excuse or relief by the court the court s power to revise a judgment because of fraud, mistake, or irregularity a… …
116slip — index coupon, delinquency (failure of duty), deviate, ebb, err, error, failure (falling short) …
117tortious measure of damages — Damages awarded in respect of a tort. Such damages aim to put the injured party back in the position he was in before the tort occurred. In tort, the claimant cannot recover expectation loss. But as the aim of tortious damages is to put the… …
118falsification — The deliberate act of misrepresentation so as to deceive. See Munchausen syndrome. [L. falsus, false, + facio, to make] retrospective f. unconscious distortion of past experience to conform to present psychological needs. * * * fal·si·fi·ca·tion …
119Conflict of tort laws — Conflict of laws Preliminiarie …
120Corporate litigation in the United Kingdom — is that part of UK company law which gives investors the right to sue the directors of a company, or vindicate another wrong to the company, particularly where the board of directors does not wish to act itself. Contents 1 History 1.1 The rule in …
