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  • 21equal protection — equal pro·tec·tion n: a guarantee under the Fourteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution that a state must treat an individual or class of individuals the same as it treats other individuals or classes in like circumstances – called also equal… …

    Law dictionary

  • 22unavoidable — Not avoidable, incapable of being shunned or prevented, inevitable, and necessary @ unavoidable accident An inevitable accident; one which could not have been prevented by exercise of due care by both parties under circumstances prevailing.… …

    Black's law dictionary

  • 23ordinary care — A standard for the determination of negligence; the degree of diligence which one must observe in the performance of his common law duty to use care to prevent injury to others. A relative standard; due care according to the circumstances of the… …

    Ballentine's law dictionary

  • 24damages — A pecuniary compensation or indemnity, which may be recovered in the courts by any person who has suffered loss, detriment, or injury, whether to his person, property, or rights, through the unlawful act or omission or negligence of another. A… …

    Black's law dictionary

  • 25damages — A pecuniary compensation or indemnity, which may be recovered in the courts by any person who has suffered loss, detriment, or injury, whether to his person, property, or rights, through the unlawful act or omission or negligence of another. A… …

    Black's law dictionary

  • 26Ernst Mach — Infobox Philosopher region = Western Philosophy era = 20th century philosophy color = lightsteelblue image size = 200px image caption = Ernst Mach name = Ernst Mach birth = February 18, 1838 Brno, Austrian Empire death = Death date and… …

    Wikipedia

  • 27Character — • A consideration of the term as it is used in psychology and ethics Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Character     Character     † …

    Catholic encyclopedia

  • 28circumstance — cir cum*stance (s[ e]r k[u^]m*st[a^]ns), n. [L. circumstantia, fr. circumstans, antis, p. pr. of circumstare to stand around; circum + stare to stand. See {Stand}.] 1. That which attends, or relates to, or in some way affects, a fact or event; an …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 29Not a circumstance — circumstance cir cum*stance (s[ e]r k[u^]m*st[a^]ns), n. [L. circumstantia, fr. circumstans, antis, p. pr. of circumstare to stand around; circum + stare to stand. See {Stand}.] 1. That which attends, or relates to, or in some way affects, a fact …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 30UNJUST ENRICHMENT — The Concept The law of obligations deals with obligations arising from both contract and tort, i.e., those undertaken by the party or parties concerned of their own free will and those imposed by law on a person – against his will – in… …

    Encyclopedia of Judaism