controversy exceeds $75‚000 and no plaintiff shares a state of citizenship with any defendant. See 28 U.S.C. § 1332(a). Diversity jurisdiction is one of the two main types of subject-matter jurisdiction in federal court. Definition from Nolo’s Plain-English Law Dictionary The power of the federal courts to decide civil disputes between citizens of different states‚ provided the amount the plaintiff seeks in damages exceeds an amount set by Congress (currently $75‚000). The so-called citizens may include companies
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Law of India refers to the system of law in modern India. Some of contemporary Indian law shows substantial European and American influence. Various legislations first introduced by the British are still in effect in modified forms today. During the drafting of the Indian Constitution‚ laws from Ireland‚ the United States‚ Britain‚ and France were synthesised into a refined set of Indian laws. Indian laws also adhere to the United Nations guidelines on human rights law and the environmental law.
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Web Quiz Assignment Name: Adamson‚ Law for Business and Personal Use‚ 17e‚ Xtra! Quiz‚ Chapter 6 Offers that require the offeree to accept by communicating the requested promise to the offeror are: a. unilateral contracts. 1. b. bilateral contracts. c. matching acceptance rule. d. mirror image contracts. When the current market price is not specified in a contract between merchants for the sale of goods‚ but the current market price is understood to be the basis of the contract‚ the price
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Refugee law is the branch of international law which deals with the rights and protection of refugees. It is related to‚ but distinct from‚ international human rights law and international humanitarian law‚ which deal respectively with human rights in general‚ and the conduct of war in particular. Refugee law encompasses customary law‚ peremptory norms‚ and international legal instruments. The only international instrument is the UN Convention‚ with an optional Protocol‚ while various regional bodies
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Page 1 All ER Reprints/[1914-15] All ER Rep /Hickman v Kent or Romney Marsh Sheep Breeders ’ Association and another - [1914-15] All ER Rep 900 Hickman v Kent or Romney Marsh Sheep Breeders ’ Association and another [1914-15] All ER Rep 900 Also reported [1915] 1 Ch 881; 84 LJ Ch 688; 113 LT 159; 59 Sol Jo 478 CHANCERY DIVISION ASTBURY J 4‚ 25 MARCH 1915 31 MARCH 1915 Arbitration - Submission - Article of company - Application for membership of company and acceptance Rule for all disputes
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FREE CONSENT FREE CONSENT According to Sec 10 of the Indian Contract Act one of the essentials of a valid contract is “Free Consent” Sec 13 defines “consent” as “Two or more persons are said to consent when they agree upon the same thing in the same sense”. According to Sec 14‚ consent is said to be free when it is not caused by: 1.Coercion 2.Undue influence 3.Fraud 4.Misrepresentation 5.Mistake COERCION According to Sec 15 coercion means “Committing or threaten to commit
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Running head: Compare and Contrast Civil with Criminal injuries Compare and Contrast Civil with Criminal injuries Nora Kelgin October 19‚ 2013 Tort Actions A tort actions is a form of civil law‚ which are intentional tort‚ torts of negligence‚ and strict liability torts‚ the vast majority of legal issues in the United State involve this‚ such as divorce‚ child custody‚ child support‚ domestic dispute‚ consumer problems‚ defamation‚ and injuries due to a person
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INDEPENDENT INSTITUTE OF LAY ADVENTISTS OF KIGALI (INILAK) FACULTY OF LAW CRIMINAL PROCEDURE WORK DISCUSSION ON THE FACTS AND LEGAL ISSUES IN S V MAKWANYANE 1995 (3) S.A.391 (CC) Prepared by: Hyacinthe H. Kigali‚ March 2011 ABBREVIATIONS AND ACRONYMS CC : Criminal Court Http : Hyper Text Transfer Protocol Ibid : Ibidem Id : Idem S v : State Versus S.A. : South Africa ULK : Kigali Independent University WWW : World Wide Web TABLE OF CONTENTS
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30th May Thursday 11-12 (replacement) 1b) Negligence misrep – For this‚ the common law negligent misrep is followed- i.e. that is duty of care‚ “special relationship” ‚ breach of standard of care‚ causation‚ and remoteness. 1c) Duress is pressure exerted by one person to coerce (influence someone to do smth) another to contract on particular terms. The main types are duress of the person “actual or threatened violence or unlawful imprisonment”‚ duress of goods “wrongful detaining‚ damaging or
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common law become so rigid and inflexible? Answer: By the reign of henry II‚ the practice of sending the royal justice throughout the country “on circuit” began to result in fairly uniform body of law developing around the country- the common law. The judges were assisted in finding an agreement among them by keeping records known as plea rolls. They set out not only the facts of each case and judgement‚ but often the reasoning behind the judgement‚ in much the same way as the modern law reports
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