tort liability
101Ford Pinto — Manufacturer Ford Motor Company Production 1970–1980 Model years 1971 1980 …
102Leasehold estate — Property law Part of t …
103force — 1 n 1: a cause of motion, activity, or change intervening force: a force that acts after another s negligent act or omission has occurred and that causes injury to another: intervening cause at cause irresistible force: an unforeseeable event esp …
104proximate cause — As an element of tort liability:–that cause, which, in natural and continuous sequence, unbroken by any efficient intervening cause, produces the injury, and without which the result would not have occurred. The primary moving cause, or the… …
105trust fund immunity — The principle that while a charity is not immune from liability in tort or from suit where it is sought to impose a tort liability upon it, the trust property or funds by which it is supported or maintained cannot be reached by execution under a… …
106negligence — /neg li jeuhns/, n. 1. the quality, fact, or result of being negligent; neglect: negligence in discharging one s responsibilities. 2. an instance of being negligent: a downfall brought about by many negligences. 3. Law. the failure to exercise… …
107Henry 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… …
108First Amendment to the United States Constitution — First Amendment redirects here. For other uses, see First Amendment (disambiguation). United States of America This a …
109Intervening cause — An intervening cause is a potential defense to the tort of negligence, if it is an unforeseeable, and therefore superseding intervening cause, rather than a foreseeable intervening cause.For example, if a defendant had carelessly spilled gasoline …
110Credit bureau — A credit bureau (United States), or credit reference agency (United Kingdom) is a company that collects information from various sources and provides consumer credit information on individual consumers for a variety of uses. It is an organization …
