Dog bite rule that is common in many states where a dog owner who is unaware that a dog has a propensity to bite (e.g. has bitten or attempted to bite a person before and cause injury) is able to have the first bite free and will avoid liability. The injured party in such states must show that the owner of the dog had known that the dog had a propensity to harm and likely to … [Read more...]

Dutch. Immovable and fast estate, that is, land or real estate. The phrase is used in Dutch wills, deeds, and antenuptial contracts of the early colonial period in New York. See Spraker v. Van Alstyne, 18 Wend. (N. Y.) 208. … [Read more...]

A precautionary stipulation inserted in a deed making a good tenant to the prweipe in a common recovery. See 1 Prest. Conv. 110. … [Read more...]

Latin: A burden or load; a weight The lading, burden, or cargo of a vessel. A charge; an incumbrance. Cum onere, (q. v.) with the incumbrance. Onus episeopale. Ancient customary payments from the clergy to their diocesan bishop, of synodals, pentecostals, etc. Onus importandi The charge of importing merchandise, mentioned in St. 12 Car. II. c. 28. Onus probandi Burden of … [Read more...]

A plaintiff who wins a case should only receive one award for a claim, not multiple awards from the same claim. … [Read more...]