RESCUE DOCTRINE

A legal doctrine which states that a wrongdoer (tortfeasor) who injures or places another person in a position of danger is also liable for injuries suffered by a third person who attempts to rescue the victim. … [Read more...] about RESCUE DOCTRINE

(A) crim. law. A forcible setting at liberty against law of a person duly arrested. The person who rescues the prisoner is called the rescuer. 2. If the rescued prisoner were arrested for felony, then the rescuer is a felon; if for treason, a traitor; and if for a trespass, he is liable to a fine as if he had committed the original offence. Hawk. B. 5, c. 21. If the principal … [Read more...] about RESCUE

Latin: In the civil law. A species of imperial constitution, in the form of an answer to some application or petition; a rescript Calvin. … [Read more...] about RESCRIPTUM

civ. law. The answers of the prince at the request of the parties respecting some matter in dispute between them, or to magistrates in relation to some doubtful matter submitted to him. 2. The rescript was differently denominated, according to the character of those who sought it. They were called annotations or subnotations, when the answer was given at the request of private … [Read more...] about RESCRIPTS

French law. A rescription is a letter by which the maker requests some one to pay a certain sum of money, or to account for him to a third person for it. Poth. Du Contr. de Change, n. 225. 2. According to this definition, bills of exchange are a species of rescription. The difference appears to be this, that a bill of exchange is given when there has been a contract of exchange … [Read more...] about RESCRIPTION