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  2. Maharaj Libel Case - Wikipedia

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    The Maharaj Libel Case was an 1862 trial in the Bombay High Court in the Bombay Presidency, British India. The case was filed by Jadunathjee Brajratanjee Maharaj, against Nanabhai Rustomji Ranina and Karsandas Mulji. The case was filed because of an editorial article which they published accusing the Vallabhacharya and Pushtimarg Sect.

  3. Limited liability company - Wikipedia

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    t. e. A limited liability company ( LLC) is the United States -specific form of a private limited company. It is a business structure that can combine the pass-through taxation of a partnership or sole proprietorship with the limited liability of a corporation. [ 1] An LLC is not a corporation under the laws of every state; it is a legal form ...

  4. Tort - Wikipedia

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    t. e. A tort is a civil wrong that causes a claimant to suffer loss or harm, resulting in legal liability for the person who commits the tortious act. [ 1] Tort law can be contrasted with criminal law, which deals with criminal wrongs that are punishable by the state.

  5. Hindustani profanity - Wikipedia

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    Behenchod (बहनचोद, بہنچود; English: Sisterfucker), also pronounced as behanchod is sometimes abbreviated as BC, is a Hindustani language vulgarism. It is a form of the profanity fuck. The word is considered highly offensive, and is rarely used in literal sense of one who engages in sexual activity with another person's sister ...

  6. Hindustani vocabulary - Wikipedia

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    Hindustani, also known as Hindi-Urdu, like all Indo-Aryan languages, has a core base of Sanskrit -derived vocabulary, which it gained through Prakrit. [ 1] As such the standardized registers of the Hindustani language (Hindi-Urdu) share a common vocabulary, especially on the colloquial level. [ 2] However, in formal contexts, Modern Standard ...

  7. Privity of contract - Wikipedia

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    The doctrine of privity of contract is a common law principle which provides that a contract cannot confer rights or impose obligations upon anyone who is not a party to that contract. [ 1] It is related to, but distinct from, the doctrine of consideration, according to which a promise is legally enforceable only if valid consideration has been ...

  8. Negligence - Wikipedia

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    t. e. Negligence ( Lat. negligentia) [ 1] is a failure to exercise appropriate care expected to be exercised in similar circumstances. [ 2] Within the scope of tort law, negligence pertains to harm caused by the violation of a duty of care through a negligent act. The concept of negligence is linked to the obligation of individuals to exercise ...

  9. Moral responsibility - Wikipedia

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    In philosophy, moral responsibility is the status of morally deserving praise, blame, reward, or punishment for an act or omission in accordance with one's moral obligations. [1] [2] Deciding what (if anything) counts as "morally obligatory" is a principal concern of ethics . Philosophers refer to people who have moral responsibility for an ...