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51Measure of Damages (under English law) — Damages for breach of contract is a common law remedy, available as of right. It is designed to compensate the victim for their actual loss as a result of the wrongdoer’s breach rather than to punish the wrongdoer. If no loss has been occasioned… …
52Murder in English law — Murder is an offence under the common law of England and Wales. It is considered the most serious form of homicide, in which one person kills another either intending to cause death or intending to cause serious injury (originally termed malice… …
53Equitable remedy — In law, equitable remedies are the remedies developed and granted by the old courts of equity, such as the Court of Chancery in England, and still available today in common law jurisdictions. [See generally, Meagher and Gummow, Equity, Doctrines… …
54Fatal Accidents Act 1846 — The Fatal Accidents Act 1846 (9 10 Vict, c.93), often referred to as Lord Campbell s Act, was an Act of Parliament of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, that, for the first time in England and Wales, allowed relatives of people killed by the… …
55Tort reform — refers to the idea of changing the rules applicable to the law of tort. Tort deals with compensation for wrongs and harm done by one party to another s person, property or other protected interests (e.g. reputation, under libel and slander laws) …
56Sir William Lawrence, 1st Baronet — FRCS FRS (July 16 1783–July 05 1867) was an English surgeon who became President of the Royal College of Surgeons of London and Serjeant Surgeon to the Queen. As a young man he published two books of his lectures which contained pre Darwinian… …
57United States copyright law — governs the legally enforceable rights of creative and artistic works in the United States.Copyright law in the United States is part of federal law, and is authorized by the U.S. Constitution. The power to enact copyright law is granted in… …
58criminal — crim·i·nal 1 / kri mə nəl/ adj 1: relating to, involving, or being a crime criminal neglect criminal conduct 2: relating to crime or its prosecution brought a criminal action criminal co …
59delinquent — de·lin·quent 1 /di liŋ kwənt/ n: a delinquent person; esp: juvenile delinquent delinquent 2 adj [Latin delinquent delinquens, present participle of delinquere to commit (an offense), err] 1 a: offending by neglect or violation of duty or law …
60offender — of·fend·er /ə fen dər/ n: one that commits an offense a repeat offender Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster. 1996. offender …
