Rules that are agreed to between parties and governs their actions of participation in a common activity. … [Read more...]

(A) contracts. A promise made upon a good consideration, to answer for the payment of some debt, or the performance of some duty, in case of the failure of another person, who is, in the first instance, liable to such payment or performance. (B) The agreement to pay the debt of another or to perform the service promised by another if such person defaults. For example, the … [Read more...]

Even greater negligence than ordinary negligence, a failure to use even a small amount of care reasonable under the circumstances. Lata culpa, or, as the Roman lawyers most accurately call it, dolo proxima, is, in practice, considered as equivalent to dolus or fraud itself, and consists, according to the best interpreters, in the omission of that care which even inattentive and … [Read more...]

A custom or tribute paid for the standing of shipping in port. Jacob. … [Read more...]

A state of wardship. … [Read more...]