Workers’ compensation. A person whose partial reliance on an employee covered under workers’-compensation law for support entitles him or her to receive death benefits if the employee is killed on the job. [Cases: Workers’ Compensation 414–415. C.J.S. Workmen’s Compensation § 253.]
independent advice. Counsel that is impartial and not given to further the interests of the person giving it. • Whether a testator or donor received independent advice before making a disposition is often an important issue in an undue-influence challenge to the property disposition. — Also termed proper independent advice.
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An attorney hired to provide an unbiased opinion about a case or to conduct an impartial investigation; esp., an attorney appointed by a governmental branch or agency to investigate alleged misconduct within that branch or agency. See special prosecutor under PROSECUTOR. Cf. special counsel. [Cases: United States 40. C.J.S. United States §§ 58–60.]
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dependent, n. 1. One who relies on another for support; one not able to exist or sustain oneself without the power or aid of someone else. lawful dependent. 1. One who receives an allowance or benefits from the public, such as social security. [Cases: Social Security and Public Welfare 4.10. C.J.S. Social Security and Public
independent mental evaluation. An assessment of a person’s mental and emotional condition that is made by an impartial mental-health professional, such as a psychologist or psychiatrist. — Abbr. IME. Cf. PSYCHIATRIC EXAMINATION.
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independent medical examination. An assessment of a person’s physical condition and health that is made by an impartial healthcare professional, usu. a physician. — Abbr. IME.
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symbiotic-relationship test. The standard by which a private person may be considered a state actor — and may be liable for violating someone’s constitutional rights — if the relationship between the private person and the government is so close that they can fairly be said to be acting jointly. • Private acts by a private
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equality before the law. The status or condition of being treated fairly according to regularly established norms of justice; esp., in British constitutional law, the notion that all persons are subject to the ordinary law of the land administered by the ordinary law courts, that officials and others are not exempt from the general duty
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The status or condition of being treated fairly according to regularly established norms of justice; esp., in British constitutional law, the notion that all persons are subject to the ordinary law of the land administered by the ordinary law courts, that officials and others are not exempt from the general duty of obedience to the
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