Term used to describe conduct outside the scope of an employee's employment, referring to non-employment related destinations visited by the employee while supposedly en route to a destination on behalf of the employer. For example, an employee may decide to visit a girlfriend while he is supposed to be traveling directly from work to pick up an appliance for the office from a … [Read more...]

In the civil law. Grain. That which grows in an ear. Dig. 50, 16, 77. … [Read more...]

A flood, or overflowing of a river, by means of rains or melted snow; an inundation. Stover v. Insurance Co., 3 rhila. (Pa.) 42; Harris v. Social Mfg. Co., 9 R. I. 99. 11 Am. Rep. 224. … [Read more...]

A witness that you call to testify and should, on the surface, be friendly and helpful to you. As such, they must answer questions completely without any inferences or leading questions and you may not cross-examine. If the witness seems to be adverse to your case and non-cooperative, you may request that the judge to declare the witness a hostile witness which would enable you … [Read more...]

Fr. In French marine law. Freight Ord. Mar. liv. 3, tit. 3. … [Read more...]