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11wrongful death — noun a death that results from a wrongful act or from negligence; a death that can serve as the basis for a civil action for damages on behalf of the dead person s family or heirs • Hypernyms: ↑death, ↑decease, ↑expiry * * * noun, pl ⋯ deaths… …
12wrongful — wrongfully, adv. wrongfulness, n. /rawng feuhl, rong /, adj. 1. unjust or unfair: a wrongful act; a wrongful charge. 2. having no legal right; unlawful: The court ruled it was a wrongful diversion of trust income. [1275 1325; ME; see WRONG, FUL]… …
13wrongful — [[t]rɒ̱ŋfʊl, AM rɔ͟ːŋ [/t]] ADJ: usu ADJ n A wrongful act is one that is illegal, immoral, or unjust. He is on hunger strike in protest at what he claims is his wrongful conviction for murder... One of her employees sued her for wrongful… …
14wrongful — wrong•ful [[t]ˈrɔŋ fəl, ˈrɒŋ [/t]] adj. 1) unjust or unfair: a wrongful act[/ex] 2) having no legal right; unlawful: a wrongful diversion of trust income[/ex] • Etymology: 1275–1325 wrong′ful•ly, adv. wrong′ful•ness, n …
15wrongful death — noun Date: 1952 a death caused by the negligent, willful, or wrongful act, neglect, omission, or default of another …
16wrongful conduct — See wrongful act …
17wrongful death — An action provided by constitution or statute to recover from one whose wrongful act, neglect or default has resulted in the death of another person. 22 Am J2d Dth § 2 …
18Wrongful trading — is a principle of UK insolvency law. It was introduced to enable contributions to be obtained for the benefit of creditors from those responsible for mismanagement of the insolvent company. The Insolvency Act 1986The principle of wrongful trading …
19wrongful trading — Under section 214 of the Insolvency Act 1986, where a director allows a company to continue trading when he should have concluded that there was no reasonable prospect that the company could avoid going into insolvent liquidation the director may …
20Wrongful death claim — Wrongful death is a claim in common law jurisdictions against a person who can be held liable for a death. The claim is brought in a civil action, usually by close relatives, as enumerated by statute. Under common law, a dead person cannot bring… …
