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An officer whose duties are prescribed by the Act of Congress of January 18, 18 37, 4 Sharsw. Cont. of Story L. U. S. 2524, as follows: The director shall have the control and management of the mint, the superintendence of the officers and persons employed therein, and the general regulation and supervision of the business of the several branches. And in the month of January of … [Read more...] about DIRECTOR OF THE MINT

Direct damages are such as follow immediately upon the act done; while consequential damages are the necessary and connected effect of the wrongful act flowing from some of its consequences or results though to some extent depending on other circumstances. … [Read more...] about DIRECT AND CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES

Persons appointed or elected according to law authorized to manageand direct the affairs of a corporation or company. The whole of the directors collectivelyform the board of directors. … [Read more...] about DIRECTORS

See proximate cause. This means the direct, obvious and immediate reason why something occurred, e.g. the defendant's erratic driving struck the plaintiff and caused his damages. … [Read more...] about DIRECT AND PROXIMATE CAUSE

A provision in a statute, rule of procedure, or the like, is said to be directory when it is to be considered as a mere direction or instruction of no obligatory force, and involving no invalidating consequence for its disregard,, as opposed to an imperative or mandatory provision, which must be followed. The general rule is that the prescriptions of a statute relating to the … [Read more...] about DIRECTORY