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  • 41Massachusetts rule — As regards sending out checks through banks for collection, the Massachusetts rule is that each bank that receives the item acts as an agent for the depositor; but in some other states, the New York rule prevails, under which only the bank first… …

    Black's law dictionary

  • 42instrumentality rule — Under this rule, corporate existence will be disregarded where a corporation (subsidiary) is so organized and controlled and its affairs so conducted as to make it only an adjunct and instrumentality of another corporation (parent corporation),… …

    Black's law dictionary

  • 43Massachusetts rule — As regards sending out checks through banks for collection, the Massachusetts rule is that each bank that receives the item acts as an agent for the depositor; but in some other states, the New York rule prevails, under which only the bank first… …

    Black's law dictionary

  • 44Durham Rule — Durham Rule, U.S. the rule that an accused person is not criminally responsible if his crime was the product of a diseased or defective mental condition. ╂[< U.S. vs. Durham, a case tried in 1954 < Monte Durham, the accused in this case] …

    Useful english dictionary

  • 45Durham rule — The Durham Rule or product test was adopted by the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit in 1954, in the case of Durham v. U.S. (214 F.2d 862), and states that ... an accused is not criminally responsible if his… …

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  • 46Millard Fillmore: A Golden Rule for Foreign Affairs — ▪ Primary Source              Because a republican form of government had been coupled in the United States with unprecedented economic, social, and scientific advances, many Americans were certain that similar results would obtain wherever there …

    Universalium

  • 47McNaghten Rule — The earliest and most common test for criminal insanity, in which a defendant in a criminal trial is judged legally insane only if the defendant, at the time of the crime: 1) did not know what he or she was physically doing, or 2) did not know… …

    Law dictionary

  • 48Master-Servant Rule — A legal guideline stating that employers are responsible for the actions of their employees in many circumstances. If an employee acts negligently even if the employer was not aware that the employee was doing so the employer could face fines or… …

    Investment dictionary

  • 49Durham rule — The irresistible impulse test of criminal responsibility. The rule states that when there is some evidence that the accused suffered from a diseased or defective mental condition at the time the unlawful act was committed the accused is not… …

    Black's law dictionary

  • 50Durham rule — The irresistible impulse test of criminal responsibility. The rule states that when there is some evidence that the accused suffered from a diseased or defective mental condition at the time the unlawful act was committed the accused is not… …

    Black's law dictionary