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91Named plaintiff — A named plaintiff, class plaintiff or class representative is one of the small group of individual plaintiffs in a class action who are identified by name and who stand in for and represent the interests of the larger group of people who comprise …
92Privacy laws of the United States — United States privacy laws embody several different legal concepts. One is the invasion of privacy , a tort based in common law allowing an aggrieved party to bring a lawsuit against an individual who unlawfully intrudes into his or her private… …
93Piercing the corporate veil — or lifting the corporate veil is a legal decision to treat the rights or duties of a corporation as the rights or liabilities of its shareholders or directors. Usually a corporation is treated as a separate legal person, which is solely… …
94Friends of the Earth, Inc. v. Laidlaw Environmental Services, Inc. — SCOTUSCase Litigants=Friends of the Earth, Inc., et al. v. Laidlaw Environmental Services, Inc. ArgueDate=October 12 ArgueYear=1999 DecideDate=January 12 DecideYear=2000 FullName=Friends of the Earth, Incorporated, et al. v. Laidlaw Environmental …
95Product Liability in the Republic of Ireland — Irish law on product liability was for most of its history based solely on negligence. With the Liability for Defective Products Act, 1991 it has now also the benefit of a statutory, strict liability regime. Liability for Defective Products Act,… …
96preponderance of the evidence — pre·pon·der·ance of the evidence /pri pän də rəns /: the standard of proof in most civil cases in which the party bearing the burden of proof must present evidence which is more credible and convincing than that presented by the other party or… …
97Civil procedure in the United States — consists of the rules of civil procedure that govern procedure in the federal courts, the 50 state court systems, and in the territorial courts. Like much of American law, civil procedure is not reserved to the federal government in the… …
98shifting the burden of proof — In a lawsuit, the transfer of the obligation to prove particular facts from one party to the other. For example, the person who sued (the plaintiff) initially bears the burden of proving facts that, if no rebutting evidence is presented, would… …
99equitable plaintiff — Broadly, the plaintiff in an action or suit in equity. Precisely, the holder of the beneficial interest where a suit has been instituted by or in the name of the holder of the legal title as nominal plaintiff for the benefit of the owner of the… …
100judgment on the pleadings — A judgment rendered on motion:–in favor of the defendant for failure of the plaintiff to state a good cause of action in his complaint declaration, or petition; in favor of the plaintiff where the defendant fails to state in his answer a defense… …
