tort liability
21Liability for Defective Products Act 1991 — The Liability for Defective Products Act 1991 is an Act of the Oireachtas that augmented Irish law on product liability formerly based solely on negligence. It introduced a strict liability regime for defective products, implementing Council of… …
22Liability insurance crisis — The liability insurance crisis in the United States of America refers to a volatile economic period during the mid 1980s. During these years, until about 1990, rising insurance premiums and an unavailability of coverage for several types of… …
23tort — n. Law a breach of duty (other than under contract) leading to liability for damages. Etymology: ME f. OF f. med.L tortum wrong, neut. past part. of L torquere tort twist …
24tort — delict = extra contractual liability деликт, внедоговорный вред, причиненный противоправным действием. Ответственность за внедоговорное причинение вреда наступает на основании норм материального права, а не договора сторон. Дела, связанные с… …
25tort — noun Law a wrongful act or an infringement of a right (other than under contract) leading to legal liability. Origin ME: from OFr., from med. L. tortum wrong, injustice , neut. past participle of L. torquere to twist …
26strict liability — see liability 2b Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster. 1996. strict liability …
27Absolute liability — is a standard of tort liability which stipulates that where an enterprise is engaged in a hazardous or inherently dangerous activity and harm results to anyone on account of an accident in the operation of such hazardous or inherently dangerous… …
28derivative tort — n. (1) A civil action in tort based on an injury caused by criminal conduct by the defendant, in which the plaintiff seeks compensation for the injury, independent of a criminal action brought for the same offense. (2) Tort liability imposed on a …
29Federal Tort Claims Act — The government of the United States may not be sued in tort without its consent. That consent was given in the Federal Tort Claims Act (1946), which largely abrogated the federal government s immunity from tort liability and established the… …
30Federal Tort Claims Act — The government of the United States may not be sued in tort without its consent. That consent was given in the Federal Tort Claims Act (1946), which largely abrogated the federal government s immunity from tort liability and established the… …
