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DUE COMPENSATION

This term applies to the recompense that a person is entitled to receive.

PAIN AND SUFFERING

a term that is applied for the inability to lead a normal life due to mental and physical suffering.

PERMISSIVE POSSESSION

a term that applies when the occupation of a property by a person has the owner’s permission.

WAIVER OF TORT

the action of a plaintiff to give up the right to sue a person based on a wrong committed but to obtain redress and satisfaction for his claim.

CONSENT OF MINOR

where the consent of a minor is taken in an emergency and when no next of kin can be found in time.

SUGGESTION OF ERROR

a request for another hearing that is based on an assumption that an error was made at the earlier hearing.

MASTER OF THE SHIP

the term that is given to the captain of a ship or the chief commanding officer of a ship.

CROSS-EXAMINATION

The term used when a witness is examined by the opposing party in the suit before the court. See,

EASEMENT OF ACCESS

the right given to use a pathway or a road to a property that belongs to another person to give access to a road.

FAIR DAMAGES

These are the damages for an injury or loss that more than compensate for them.

COLLATERAL POWER

the right to dispose of property that is given to a person with no interest in the said property. Also called naked power.

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