The legal requirement that a fiduciary (such as the board of directors of a corporation) must act in good faith to and in the best interests of the party that has placed trust in them, e.g. the shareholders. A show of loyalty. … [Read more...]

Bad legislation; the enactment of bad laws. … [Read more...]

The duty that arises upon a plaintiff to minimize the amount of damages that result from a breach of contract. … [Read more...]

In medical jurisprudence. Incapacity of a woman to sustain the act of sexual intercourse except with great difficulty and pain. … [Read more...]

A double complaint An ecclesiastical proceeding, which la In the nature of an appeal from an ordinary's refusal to institute, to his next immediate superior; as from a bishop to the archbishop. If the superior adjudges the cause of refusal to be insufficient, he will grant institution to the appellant Phillim. Ecc, Law, 440. … [Read more...]