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The faulty design or planning of a product, a failure in the concept that makes the product unsuitable for the purposes intended. … [Read more...] about DESIGN DEFECT

The process of being derelict. To leave or abandon one's duty, e.g. dereliction of his duties as a police officer. Law Dictionary - Alternative Legal Definition The gaining of land from the water, in consequence of the sea shrinking back below the usual water mark; the opposite of alluvion, (q. v.) Dyer, 326b; 2 Bl. Comm. 262; 1 Steph. Comm. 419; Linthlcum v. Coan, 64 Md. 439, … [Read more...] about DERELICTION

civil law. Goods voluntarily abandoned by their owner; he must, however, leave them, not only sine spe revertendi, but also sine animzo revertendi; his intention to abandon them may be inferred by the great length of time during which he may have been out of possession, without any attempt to regain them. … [Read more...] about DERELICTO

Immigration Law: Based upon certain requirements, a child who possesses a green card may automatically acquire citizenship if he or she lives in the united states when both parents become U.S. citizens. … [Read more...] about DERIVATION OF CITIZENSHIP

Latin, meaning The power which is derived cannot be greater than that from which it is derived. … [Read more...] about DERIVATIVA POTESTAS NON POTEST ESSE MAJOR PRIMITIVA