assumption of a risk

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• Assumption of risk — is a defense in the law of torts, which bars a plaintiff from recovery against a negligent tortfeasor if the defendant can demonstrate that the plaintiff voluntarily and knowingly assumed the risks at issue inherent to the dangerous activity in… …   Wikipedia

• assumption of risk — A defense against liability for negligence which is based upon the principle that one who knows, appreciates, and deliberately exposes himself to a danger assumes the risk thereof. 38 Am J1st Negl § 171. An employee by his very act of entering… …   Ballentine's law dictionary

• Risk-Neutral Probabilities — Probabilities of future outcomes adjusted for risk, which are then used to compute expected asset values. The benefit of this risk neutral pricing approach is that the once the risk neutral probabilities are calculated, they can be used to price… …   Investment dictionary

• assumption of risk — as·sump·tion of risk: a doctrine that a person may in advance relieve another person of the obligation to act towards him or her with due care and may accept the chance of being injured; also: an affirmative defense that the plaintiff cannot… …   Law dictionary

• risk — n 1 a: possibility of loss or injury b: liability for loss or injury if it occurs the risk of loss passes to the buyer when the goods are duly delivered to the carrier Uniform Commercial Code the risk of personal injury and property damage should …   Law dictionary

• assumption — I (adoption) noun acceptance, acquisition, receiving, reception, recipience, selection, taking on, undertaking associated concepts: assumpsit on quantum meruit, assumption agreement, assumption of debt, assumption of facts, assumption of… …   Law dictionary

• Assumption based planning — is a post planning method that helps companies to deal with uncertainty. It is used to identify the most important assumptions in a company’s business plans, test these assumptions and think of hedging actions and what if scenarios. Assumption… …   Wikipedia

• Risk perception — is the subjective judgment that people make about the characteristics and severity of a risk. The phrase is most commonly used in reference to natural hazards and threats to the environment or health, such as nuclear power. Several theories have… …   Wikipedia

• assumption of risk — The doctrine of assumption of risk, also known as volenti non fit injuria, means legally that a plaintiff may not recover for an injury to which he assents, i.e., that a person may not recover for an injury received when he voluntarily exposes… …   Black's law dictionary

• assumption of risk — The doctrine of assumption of risk, also known as volenti non fit injuria, means legally that a plaintiff may not recover for an injury to which he assents, i.e., that a person may not recover for an injury received when he voluntarily exposes… …   Black's law dictionary

• Risk-free interest rate — The risk free interest rate is the interest rate that it is assumed can be obtained by investing in financial instruments with no default risk. However, the financial instrument can carry other types of risk, e.g. market risk (the risk of changes …   Wikipedia