Liability where the defendant need not have intent or negligence in order to be charged and found liable of committing a minor crime or tort. All that is necessary is proving that the defendant committed the act, e.g. it matters not that the defendant knew he was speeding while driving, all that matters is that the defendant was driving in excess of the state speed limit. … [Read more...]

A legal standard and test which determines whether a statute will pass constitutional scrutiny. … [Read more...]

When lands are settled to the parent for life, and after his death to his first and other sons in tail, and trustees are interposed to preserve the contingent remainders, this is called a strict settlement. … [Read more...]

In the civil law. Compensation or set-off. … [Read more...]

In old English law. A surveyor of the highways … [Read more...]