sudden emergency situation

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• sudden emergency doctrine — sud·den emer·gen·cy doctrine n: a doctrine of tort law: a person who is confronted with a sudden and unexpected perilous situation not of his or her own making and who acts as would a reasonably prudent person under the circumstances will not be… …   Law dictionary

• emergency — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ dire, extreme, major, real, serious, true ▪ Don t call me unless its a real emergency. ▪ life threatening …   Collocations dictionary

• emergency doctrine — Under the doctrine variously referred to as the emergency, imminent peril, or sudden peril doctrine, when one is confronted with a sudden peril requiring instinctive action, he is not, in determining his course of action, held to the exercise of… …   Black's law dictionary

• emergency doctrine — Under the doctrine variously referred to as the emergency, imminent peril, or sudden peril doctrine, when one is confronted with a sudden peril requiring instinctive action, he is not, in determining his course of action, held to the exercise of… …   Black's law dictionary

• emergency — [ē mʉr′jən sē, imʉr jən sē] n. pl. emergencies [orig. sense, emergence: see EMERGENCE] a sudden, generally unexpected occurrence or set of circumstances demanding immediate action adj. for use in case of sudden necessity [an emergency brake] SYN …   English World dictionary

• Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008 — This article is about one division of an enacted statute. For the entire statute, see Public Law 110 343. For the enacted rescue program, see Troubled Asset Relief Program. The Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008 (Division A of Pub.L.… …   Wikipedia

• emergency — /i merr jeuhn see/, n., pl. emergencies, adj. n. 1. a sudden, urgent, usually unexpected occurrence or occasion requiring immediate action. 2. a state, esp. of need for help or relief, created by some unexpected event: a weather emergency; a… …   Universalium

• emergency — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. juncture, crisis; exigency, necessity, pinch, extremity. See circumstance, difficulty. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. accident, crisis, unforeseen occurrence, strait(s), urgency, exigency, contingency,… …   English dictionary for students

• Emergency landing — For other uses, see Emergency landing (disambiguation). Crash landing redirects here. For other uses, see Crash landing (disambiguation). JetBlue Airways Flight 292 making an emergency landing at LAX An emergency landing is a landing made by an… …   Wikipedia

• Emergency fighter — An emergency fighter is an aircraft designed or adapted for use as a fighter during an emergency period in war. While useful as a broad concept or definition, it is not easy to make the category of emergency fighter clear cut, as many aircraft… …   Wikipedia

• emergency — e•mer•gen•cy [[t]ɪˈmɜr dʒən si[/t]] n. pl. cies, adj. 1) a sudden, urgent, usu. unexpected occurrence requiring immediate action 2) a situation requiring help or relief, usu. created by an unexpected event: a weather emergency[/ex] 3) required or …   From formal English to slang