instrumentality

  • 31dangerous instrumentality — n. An object that can endanger people by either careless or improper use. The Essential Law Dictionary. Sphinx Publishing, An imprint of Sourcebooks, Inc. Amy Hackney Blackwell. 2008. dangerous instrumentality …

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  • 32government instrumentality doctrine — A rule that provides that any organization run by a branch of the government is immune from taxation. Dictionary from West s Encyclopedia of American Law. 2005. government instrumentality doctrine …

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  • 33valence-instrumentality-expectancy theory — VIE theory A theory of motivation stating that the level of effort individuals will exert in any task can be computed from three variables: expectancy, or the belief that action or effort will lead to a successful outcome; instrumentality, or the …

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  • 34governmental instrumentality — Any agency constitutionally or legislatively created. For purposes of the doctrine that federal agencies or instrumentalities are immune from special assessments by state and local governments, a governmental instrumentality is that which… …

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  • 35governmental instrumentality — Any agency constitutionally or legislatively created. For purposes of the doctrine that federal agencies or instrumentalities are immune from special assessments by state and local governments, a governmental instrumentality is that which… …

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  • 36dangerous instrumentality — A basis for liability without fault in respect of injury to adjoining property or to persons upon adjoining property. 1 Am J2d Adj L § 11; a term of moment in reference to liability of an owner or possessor for negligence. 38 Am J1st Negl § 85;… …

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  • 37furnishing instrumentality for commission of crime — The handing or delivery of an instrumentality ordinarily used for lawful purposes to one who uses it in the commission of a crime. 21 Am J2d Crim L § 116 …

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  • 38criminal instrumentality rule — Where the wrong is accomplished by a crime, the crime and not the negligent act of the party which made it possible is the proximate cause . Foutch v. Alexandria Bank & Trust Co., 177 Tenn. 348, 149 S.W.2d 76, 85 …

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  • 39dangerous instrumentality — Anything which has the inherent capacity to place people in peril, either in itself (e.g. dynamite), or by a careless use of it (e.g. boat). Green v. Ross, D.C.Fla., 338 F.Supp. 365, 367. Due care must be exercised in using to avoid injury to… …

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  • 40federal instrumentality — A means or agency used by the federal government to implement or carry out a federal law or function. Capitol Building & Loan Ass n v. Kansas Commission of Labor and Industry, 148 Kan. 446, 83 P.2d 106, 107. A government agency immune from state… …

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