a minor fault

См. также в других словарях:

• minor fault rule — See major and minor fault rule …   Ballentine's law dictionary

• major and minor fault rule — The rule in admiralty, relative to collisions between vessels that were not equally at fault, that there is a rebuttable presumption, in favor of the vessel with the minor fault, that the major fault of the other vessel was the exclusive… …   Ballentine's law dictionary

• major and minor fault rule — Vessel guilty of gross fault has burden of showing that other vessel committed a plain fault. General Seafoods Corporation v. J. S. Packard Dredging Co., C.C.A.Mass., 120 F.2d 117, 119, 120. Where fault on part of one vessel is established by… …   Black's law dictionary

• major and minor fault rule — Vessel guilty of gross fault has burden of showing that other vessel committed a plain fault. General Seafoods Corporation v. J. S. Packard Dredging Co., C.C.A.Mass., 120 F.2d 117, 119, 120. Where fault on part of one vessel is established by… …   Black's law dictionary

• minor or major fault rule — See major or minor fault rule …   Ballentine's law dictionary

• fault — [fôlt] n. [ME faute < OFr faulte, a lack < VL * fallita < * fallitus, for L falsus: see FALSE] 1. Obs. failure to have or do what is required; lack 2. something that mars the appearance, character, structure, etc.; defect or failing 3.… …   English World dictionary

• fault — noun 1 responsibility for sth wrong ADJECTIVE ▪ stupid ▪ It s his own stupid fault his car was stolen he should have kept it locked. ▪ entire ▪ It was my entire fault. I ruined everything. FAULT + VERB …   Collocations dictionary

• fault — 01. I don t care whose [fault] it was; I just want somebody to clean up this mess! 02. It s not my [fault] that Pamela didn t come to the party; I tried to convince her to come, but she was in a bad mood. 03. You need to overlook your spouse s… …   Grammatical examples in English

• fault — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. failing, shortcoming, peccadillo; flaw, blemish, defect, imperfection; error, slip, inadvertency; sin, [venial] sin, [minor] vice. See guilt, failure. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [An imperfection] Syn. flaw …   English dictionary for students

• Fault (legal) — The meaning of fault Different forms of liability employ different notions of fault, in some there is no need to prove fault. Fault basically refers to legal blameworthiness and responsibility in each area of law. It refers to both the Actus Reus …   Wikipedia

• fault — [[t]fɔ͟ːlt[/t]] ♦♦♦ faults, faulting, faulted 1) N SING: with poss If a bad or undesirable situation is your fault, you caused it or are responsible for it. There was no escaping the fact: it was all his fault... A few borrowers will find… …   English dictionary