escape liability

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• escape of dangerous things — a special head of strict liability established in Fletcher v . Rylands (1866) LR 1 Ex. 265. That case established a rule or doctrine that states that a person who for his own purposes brings on his land and collects and keeps there anything… …   Law dictionary

• escape clause — n: a clause in a contract that allows a party to avoid liability under the contract for specified reasons; esp: a provision in an insurance policy that denies coverage when other insurance covers the risk Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law.… …   Law dictionary

• Escape from New York — Infobox Film name = Escape from New York caption = Theatrical poster director = John Carpenter producer = Larry J. Franco Debra Hill writer = John Carpenter Nick Castle starring = Kurt Russell Lee Van Cleef Ernest Borgnine Donald Pleasence Isaac… …   Wikipedia

• escape — Leaving physical confinement without permission. The departure or deliverance out of custody of a person who was lawfully imprisoned before he is entitled to his liberty by the process of law. The voluntarily or negligently allowing any person… …   Black's law dictionary

• escape — Leaving physical confinement without permission. The departure or deliverance out of custody of a person who was lawfully imprisoned before he is entitled to his liberty by the process of law. The voluntarily or negligently allowing any person… …   Black's law dictionary

• escape clause — A clause in the lease of a tenant stockholder in a cooperative apartment which permits him to assign his stock and lease to the cooperative association without receiving compensation therefor but enabling him to escape continuing liability to the …   Ballentine's law dictionary

• Strict liability (criminal) — In criminal law, strict liability is liability for which mens rea (Latin for guilty mind ) does not have to be proven in relation to one or more elements comprising the actus reus (Latin for guilty act ) although intention, recklessness or… …   Wikipedia

• strict liability — see liability 2b Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster. 1996. strict liability …   Law dictionary

• Corporate liability — In criminal law, corporate liability determines the extent to which a corporation as a legal person can be liable for the acts and omissions of the natural persons it employs. It is sometimes regarded as an aspect of criminal vicarious liability …   Wikipedia

• Absolute liability — is a standard of tort liability which stipulates that where an enterprise is engaged in a hazardous or inherently dangerous activity and harm results to anyone on account of an accident in the operation of such hazardous or inherently dangerous… …   Wikipedia

• suffering a prisoner to escape — A criminal offense, sometimes a basis of civil liability, on the part of the custodian of a prison in voluntarily permitting a prisoner to escape. 27 Am J2d Escape § 21 …   Ballentine's law dictionary