SLIPPA

A stirrup. There is a tenure of land in Cambridgeshire by holding the sovereign's stirrup. Wharton. … [Read more...] about SLIPPA

Personal injury law where the victim slips on something on the floor that was the result of negligence that leads to an injury and subsequent lawsuit against the owner of the premises, e.g. falling on spilled milk left on the floor in a grocery store. … [Read more...] about SLIP AND FALL

1. In negotiations for a policy of insurance. In England, the agreement is his practice concluded between the parties by a memorandum called the "slip," containing the terms of the proposed Insurance, an4 initialed by the underwriters. Sweet"2. Also that part of a police court which is divided off from the other parts of the court for the prisoner to stand in. It is frequently … [Read more...] about SLIP

As to slight "Care," "Evidence," "Fault" and "Negligence," see those titles. … [Read more...] about SLIGHT

In English law. An expression frequently used in coal-mine leases and agreements for the same It signifies a fixed or dead, i.e., certain, rent as distinguished from a rent or royalty varying with the amount of coals gotten, and is payable although the mine should not be worked at all, but should be sleeping or dead, whence the name. Brown. … [Read more...] about SLEEPING RENT