relieve from liability

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• liability — li·a·bil·i·ty /ˌlī ə bi lə tē/ n pl ties 1: the quality or state of being liable 2: something for which one is liable: as a: a financial obligation: debt tax liability the bonds …   Law dictionary

• relieve — re·lieve vt re·lieved, re·liev·ing: to set free from a duty, burden, or liability cannot be relieved of his negligence the trust cannot relieve the trustees of those very basic duties that the law imposes Hosey v. Burgess, 890 S.W.2d 262 (1995)… …   Law dictionary

• exempt — To release, discharge, waive, relieve from liability. To relieve, excuse, or set free from a duty or service imposed upon the general class to which the individual exempted belongs; as to exempt from military service. To relieve certain classes… …   Black's law dictionary

• exempt — To release, discharge, waive, relieve from liability. To relieve, excuse, or set free from a duty or service imposed upon the general class to which the individual exempted belongs; as to exempt from military service. To relieve certain classes… …   Black's law dictionary

• Vis major — ( IPA|/vɪs meɪdʒɚ/), in Latin means ‘a superior force’ It means a greater or superior force; an irresistible force; It may be a loss that results immediately from a natural cause that could not have been prevented by the exercise of prudence,… …   Wikipedia

• excuse — Verb: To relieve from liability; to relieve from a duty or obligation. Noun: A grant of relief from duty or obligation. A reason for being relieved from duty or obligation. A reason for relieving a person from jury duty. 31 Am J Rev ed Jur § 70.… …   Ballentine's law dictionary

• discharge — dis·charge 1 /dis chärj, dis ˌchärj/ vt 1: to release from an obligation: as a: to relieve of a duty under an instrument (as a contract or a negotiable instrument); also: to render (an instrument) no longer enforceable a formal instrument...may… …   Law dictionary

• carriage of goods — ▪ law Introduction       in law, the transportation of goods by land, sea, or air. The relevant law governs the rights, responsibilities, liabilities, and immunities of the carrier and of the persons employing the services of the carrier.… …   Universalium

• exonerate — ex·on·er·ate /ig zä nə ˌrāt, eg / vt at·ed, at·ing [Latin exonerare to relieve, free, discharge, from ex out + onerare to burden, from oner onus load] 1: to relieve esp. of a charge, obligation, or hardship 2: to clear from accusation or blame… …   Law dictionary

• ASSAULT — ASSAULT, the infliction of any degree of violence on the body of another person, whether injury results or not. The biblical injunction, he may be given up to 40 lashes but not more (Deut. 25:3), which applies to flogging by way of punishment,… …   Encyclopedia of Judaism

• income tax — a tax levied on incomes, esp. an annual government tax on personal incomes. [1790 1800] * * * Levy imposed by public authority on the incomes of persons or corporations within its jurisdiction. In nations with an advanced system of private… …   Universalium