Proportionate
61proportionately — adverb 1. to a proportionate degree (Freq. 4) your salary will rise proportionately to your workload • Syn: ↑proportionally • Ant: ↑disproportionately • Derived from adjective: ↑proportional …
62Henry de Bracton — was appointed to the coram rege, the advisory council of Henry III of England Henry of Bracton, also Henry de Bracton, also Henrici Bracton, or Henry Bratton also Henry Bretton (ca. 1210–68) was an English jurist. He is famous now for his… …
63Joint and several liability — Where two or more persons are liable in respect of the same liability, in most common law legal systems they may either be:* jointly liable, or * severally liable, or * jointly and severally liable.Joint liabilityIf parties have joint liability,… …
64Self-defence (Australia) — In the criminal law of Australia, self defence may be a complete defence to criminal liability for causing injury in defence of the person or, to a limited extent, property, or a partial defence to murder if the degree of force used was excessive …
65Legislative and Regulatory Reform Act 2006 — The Legislative and Regulatory Reform Act 2006 (c. 51) is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom enacted in 2006 to replace the Regulatory Reform Act 2001 (RRA).The bill which became the Act was brought before the British House of Commons …
66Compensationism — is one of several theological doctrines, opposed to Probabilism. Doctrine Compensationism maintains that a doubtful law is not devoid of all binding force, and that there must be a compensating reason, proportionate to the probability and gravity …
67Title 2 of the Swiss Federal Constitution — of 18 April 1999, entitled Fundamental Rights, Civil Rights and Social Goals , contains a comprehensive and directly enforceable bill of rights, as well as a set of social goals which the state authorities are to pay heed to. A few rights,… …
68English criminal law — The Old Bailey, a Crown Court centre, is situated on the site of the former bailey of the London wall English criminal law refers to the body of law in the jurisdiction of England and Wales which deals with crimes and their consequences. Criminal …
69Barker v. Corus — Barker v Corus (UK) plc [2006] UKHL 20 is a notable House of Lords decision in the area of industrial liability in English law, which deals with the area of causation. In this case, the House of Lords reconsidered its ruling in the earlier… …
70punishment — /pun ish meuhnt/, n. 1. the act of punishing. 2. the fact of being punished, as for an offense or fault. 3. a penalty inflicted for an offense, fault, etc. 4. severe handling or treatment. [1250 1300; ME punysshement < AF punisement, OF… …
