One of several grounds for which divorce may be granted. It is the infliction of significant mental, physical or emotional harm upon the other spouse. While many states have no-fault divorce, such a ground may be recognized for purposes of division of marital assets to be so divided in favor of the victim of such extreme and cruel behavior. In the law of divorce. The infliction … [Read more...]

In old English law. An animal wandering or straying about, without an owner; an estray. Spelman. … [Read more...]

To constitute extreme hazard, the situation of a vessel must be such that there is imminent danger of her being lost, notwithstanding all the means that can be applied to get her off. King v. Hartford Ins. Co., 1 Conn. 421. … [Read more...]

That which is done, given, or effected outside the course of regular judicial proceedings; not founded upon, or unconnected with, the action of a court of law; as extrajudicial evidence, an extrajudicial oath. That which, though done in the course of regular judicial proceedings, is unnecessary to such proceedings, or interpolated, or beyond their scope; as an extrajudicial … [Read more...]

When a person is sick beyond the hope of recovery, and near death, he is said to be in extremism. 2. A will made in this condition, if made without undue influence, by a person of sound mind, is valid. 3. The declarations of persons in extremis, when made with a full consciousness of approaching death, ate admissible in evidence when the death of the person making them is the … [Read more...]