Word: tort
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
Neighbors gathered. The plasterer, whistling cheerfully at his work, continued to slosh plaster. At 12:15 p. m. House holder Machon stepped forward, dropped on both knees. "Haro! Haro! Haro!" he cried slowly and distinctly, "a I'aide mon prince, on me fait tort...
...Guernsey law, the Clameur de Haro constitutes a legal injunction. The alleged "tort" or wrong must cease until the case has been tried in the island's Royal Court. In the Royal Court last week appeared Householder Alfred Arthur Machon and witnesses who deposed that the plasterer had not only paid no attention to the Clameur de Haro, raised at 12:15 p. m., but had continued his slovenly plastering until...
...Passed a bill to allow heads of government departments to settle tort claims up to $5,000 without bothering Congress; sent it to the Senate...
...cases were received in the office for advice and of this number, 15 were taken to court, 14 of which were won, the fifteenth being settled outside of court. Cases were brought by all classes of people of all nationalities and involved questions in contracts, domestic relations, real estate, tort claims, naturalization, and the drawing up of wills. Actual money was recovered or saved for clients, in settlements not including separate support cases and the like, to the amount of $1,100. An average of ten cases a week were handled last year...
...January number of the Harvard Law Review contains the following articles: "Releases and Covenants not to Sue Joint, or Joint and Several Debtors," by Professor Samuel Williston '82, of the Law School; "Legal Cause in Actions of Tort, II," by Professor Jeremiah Smith '56, of the Law School; "Should the Law Teacher Practice Law?", by A. M. Kales '96, with a note by Dean E. R. Thayer '88, of the Law School...