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That by which extent or dimension is ascertained, either length, breadth, thickness, capacity, or amount. Webster. The rule by which anything is adjusted or proportioned. Measure of damages. The rule, or rather the system of rules, governing the adjustment or apportionment of damages as a compensation for injuries in actions at law.Measure of value. In the ordinary sense of the … [Read more...]
TheLaw.com Law Dictionary & Black's Law Dictionary 2nd Ed.
The most frequent test used to determine whether a defendant is criminally insane and not guilty of the crime since the defendant could not appreciate the consequence of his or her actions. Essentially, the criminal defendant is determined to be legally insane only if the defendant could not distinguish right from wrong at the time he committed the crime. For example, a … [Read more...]
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prac. Those principles or rules of law which control a jury in adjusting or proportioning the damages, in certain cases. 1 Bouv. Inst. n. 636. … [Read more...]
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TheLaw.com Law Dictionary & Black's Law Dictionary 2nd Ed.
An officer in the city of London, who measured woolen clothes, coals, etc. … [Read more...]