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Design Defect: In these cases, a poor design causes injury to the person.

DEFECTIVE PRODUCT - A product is in a defective condition, unreasonably dangerous to the user, when it has a propensity or tendency for causing physical harm beyond that which would be contemplated by the ordinary user, ...

Defective Title
Title to a negotiable instrument obtained by fraud. Title to real property which lacks some of the elements necessary to transfer good title.

DEFECT. The want of something required by law.
2. It is a general rule that pleadings shall have these two requisites; 1. A matter sufficient in law. 2. That it be deduced and expressed according to the forms of law.

Hidden Defect
A defect in property or goods which is not readily detectable, that causes injury to a third party.

Mental defect
Definition - Noun
: an abnormal mental condition (as mental retardation) that may be of a more fixed nature than a mental disease
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Incomplete, defective or not sufficient in quantity or force.
Defunct:
Having ceased to exist.

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Knowledge of Defect
Appearance defects for all goods must be taken into account in deciding whether or not goods are of satisfactory quality.
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Term: Hidden Defect
Definition: A defect in property or goods which is not readily detectable, that causes injury to a third party.

FAILURE
A total defect, an omission, a non-performance. Failure also signifies a stoppage of payment, as, there has been a failure to-day, some one has stopped payment. ... more ...

Where a marriage is defective at the time of the ceremony (or at some time after the marriage) and so is invalid. Examples of nullity include, where one party is still a minor or there has been no consent to the marriage.
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The negligence count will not be heard unless the defective thing bargained for also damaged other property. You cannot double-dip.

One of the principal defects of the old national banking system was that it did not function well in connexion with foreign trade.

Rescission can occur in one of two ways: either a contract can be set aside (rescinded) because of some defect in its formation (such as misrepresentation, duress or undue influence) or it can be set aside by agreement by the parties, ...

Some contracts have such a latent defect that they are said to be void (see definition of "void" above). Other have more minor defects to them and are voidable at the option of the party victimized by the defect.

Today, the term insanity is used chiefly in criminal law, to denote mental aberrations or defects that may relieve a person from the legal consequences of his or her acts.

Defect or want of title. Failure of trust. Defeat of a proposed trust from want of constituting facts or elements or of law to effectuate the object. Fait. French. A fact. Compare Factum.

any claim for loss of life or personal injury occurring in connection with the operation of a ship including, without restricting the generality of the foregoing, any claim for loss of life or personal injury sustained in consequence of any defect in ...

Medicamentos y dispositivos defectuosos
Los medicamentos, incluso aquellos aprobados por la Administración Federal de Drogas (o FDA por sus siglas en inglés), pueden tener efectos secundarios desconocidos por el público.

Law Terms criminal insanity is A mental defect or disease that makes it impossible for a person to understand the wrongfulness of his acts or, even if he understands them, to ditinguish right from wrong.

costs and/or lost earnings due to physical injury; long-term or permanent loss of physical capacity; claims by others due to the insured's alleged negligence (e.g. public liability auto insurance); loss of a ship and/or cargo; finding a defect in ...

This relationship creates responsibilities between the companies involved, including being liable for defects in the product. For example, vertical privity exists between the manufacturer of a car and the dealership that sells it.

Other have more minor defects to them and are voidable at the option of the party victimised by the defect. For example, contracts signed by a person when they are totally drunk are voidable by that person upon recovering sobriety.
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guardian - A person lawfully invested with the power, and charged with the duty, of taking care of the person and managing the property and rights of another person, who, for defect of age, understanding, or self-control, ...

LEMON LAWS: Laws that require manufacturers to repair defective cars.

Deficient - Incomplete; defective; not sufficient in quantity or force.
Defunct - A corporation no longer operative; having ceased to exist.

Reissue: An application filed by a patentee after a patent has beenissued to correct applicant's errors that rendered the patent wholly or partlyinoperative because of a defective specification or drawings or which claimedmore or less than the ...

amend To correct or change for the better, by removing defects or faults; pleadings that have been corrected are said to be amended pleadings.
amendment That which is accomplished by amending (see above).

Civil Causes of Action Defective Automobile
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the area of law governed by statute that allows the purchaser of a car specific remedies if the car has a defect that impairs or significantly affects its use, value, or safety and that cannot be repaired within a specified period.
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Torts include such actionable wrongs as assault, invasion of privacy, product liability (injury caused by defective goods) and many others.

TITLE SEARCH An examination of the records of the Recorder of Deeds to determine whether title to the property is clear of any defects or judgments. The examiner then prepares an "Abstract of Title" documenting the status of the property.

Product liability - Legal responsibility of manufacturers and sellers to buyers, users, and bystanders for damages or injuries suffered because of defects in goods.
Promisee - An individual to whom a promise is made.

not guilty by reason of insanity - The jury or the judge must determine that the defendant, because of mental disease or defect, could not form the intent required to commit the offense.
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Polaris: A company that manufactures all-terrain vehicles. Polaris has recalled the 2000, 2001, and 2002 Xpedition 425 model ATVs due to a defect in the transmission that can cause accidents.

Liability even when there is no proof of negligence. Often applicable in product liability cases against manufacturers, who are legally responsible for injuries caused by defects in their products, even if they were not negligent.

an application for a patent to take the place of an unexpired patent that is defective in one or more particulars (items or details) --see MPEP 201.05 and MPEP 1400.

The geographical area within which a court has jurisdiction. It relates only to a place or territory within which either party may require a case to be tried. A defect in venue may be waived by the parties.

The doctrine of unseaworthiness makes a shipowner liable if a seaman is injured because the ship, or any appliance of the ship, is "unseaworthy," meaning defective in some way.

Most experienced attorneys advise their clients against attempting the evaluations due to inconsistent officer training, defective administration of the evaluations, as well as the subjective nature of these exercises.

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