Tag: Definitions

  • Monetary Damages

    Monetary Damages in United States Monetary Damages  Monetary damages are the ordinarily presumed remedy in the common law. They seek to compensate the injury of the plaintiff via a determination of the cash equivalent of the loss to the defendant, the interest thereon, and the pain and […]

  • Monetary Damages

    Monetary Damages in United States Monetary Damages  Monetary damages are the ordinarily presumed remedy in the common law. They seek to compensate the injury of the plaintiff via a determination of the cash equivalent of the loss to the defendant, the interest thereon, and the pain and […]

  • Attorney General

    Attorney General in the United States The cabinet member who heads the Department of Justice. The Attorney General of the United States (Judicial Personnel issue) is the chief law officer at the federal level. The attorney general acts as the principal legal counsel to the president and is […]

  • Hospital Liability

    Hospital Liability in United States Hospital Liability  Hospitals may be immune from torts either as charities, when run by the private sector, under the principle of charitable immunity or, when run by the state, under a theory of governmental immunity. This immunity however would not […]

  • Hospital Liability

    Hospital Liability in United States Hospital Liability  Hospitals may be immune from torts either as charities, when run by the private sector, under the principle of charitable immunity or, when run by the state, under a theory of governmental immunity. This immunity however would not […]

  • International regulations for preventing collisions at sea

    International regulations for preventing collisions at sea in the United States Date: 17.6.1960 Place of Signature: London Current Depositary: IMO United Kingdom’s Position: Party Application to UK: By Acceptance: 28.8.1963 Text: TS 23/1966; Cmnd.2956 Territorial Provision: Applies to all […]

  • International regulations for preventing collisions at sea

    International regulations for preventing collisions at sea in the United States Date: 17.6.1960 Place of Signature: London Current Depositary: IMO United Kingdom’s Position: Party Application to UK: By Acceptance: 28.8.1963 Text: TS 23/1966; Cmnd.2956 Territorial Provision: Applies to all […]

  • Treaty of Westphalia: General Part

    Treaty of Westphalia: General Part in United States Treaty of Westphalia (24 Oct 1648). Convention (II) for the Pacific Settlement of International Disputes (18 Oct 1907) Convention for the Unification of Certain Rules of law Relating to Assistance and Salvage at Sea (23 Sept 1910)and 1967 […]

  • Commercial law

    Commercial law in United States Commercial law See: Commercial and Estate Practice International Commercial Arbitration Commercial Arbitration (Domestic) Commercial Equity Commercial law This subject in the Encyclopedia examines the practice areas of commercial law and practice, […]

  • Commercial law

    Commercial law in United States Commercial law See: Commercial and Estate Practice International Commercial Arbitration Commercial Arbitration (Domestic) Commercial Equity Commercial law This subject in the Encyclopedia examines the practice areas of commercial law and practice, […]

  • Defective Product

    Defective Product in United States Defective Product  Where a product is defective the products manufacturer can be implicated in tort on a theory of strict liability. A product is in a defective condition, i.e. is unreasonably dangerous to the user, when it has a propensity or tendency […]

  • Defective Product

    Defective Product in United States Defective Product  Where a product is defective the products manufacturer can be implicated in tort on a theory of strict liability. A product is in a defective condition, i.e. is unreasonably dangerous to the user, when it has a propensity or tendency […]

  • Convention on the Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Arbitral Awards

    Convention on the Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Arbitral Awards in the United States Signed at: New York, 10 June 1958 to 31 December 1958 Entry into Force Date: 7 June 1959 Published in UK Treaty Series No. 20 (1976) Cmnd 6419 Depositary: Secretary-General of the United Nations […]

  • Online Legal Research

    Online Legal Research in the United States Internet legal research can be divided into two main parts: Searches for legal sources. Searches for legal sources include locating legislative, judicial, and administrative primary sources and locating secondary sources such as journal […]

  • Online Legal Research

    Online Legal Research in the United States Internet legal research can be divided into two main parts: Searches for legal sources. Searches for legal sources include locating legislative, judicial, and administrative primary sources and locating secondary sources such as journal […]