referral sales contract. A dual agreement consisting of an agreement by the consumer to purchase goods or services (usu. at an inflated price) and an agreement by the seller to compensate the consumer for each customer (or potential customer) referred to the seller. — Also termed referral sales agreement. Cf. PYRAMID SCHEME. [Cases: Consumer Protection […]
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An uncompensated public position of considerable dignity and importance to which public trusts or interests are confided. [Cases: Officers and Public Employees 1. C.J.S. Officers and Public Employees §§ 1–9, 12–17, 21.]
A dual agreement consisting of an agreement by the consumer to purchase goods or services (usu. at an inflated price) and an agreement by the seller to compensate the consumer for each customer (or potential customer) referred to the seller. — Also termed referral sales agreement. Cf. PYRAMID SCHEME. [Cases: Consumer Protection 12. C.J.S. Credit
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legal secretary. An employee in a law office whose responsibilities include typing legal documents and correspondence, keeping records and files, and performing other duties supportive of the employer’s law practice. • Legal secretaries are usu. more highly skilled, and therefore more highly compensated, than secretaries in general business.
Damages insufficient to fully and fairly compensate the parties; damages bearing no reasonable relation to the plaintiff’s injuries, indicating prejudice, mistake, or other fact to support setting aside a jury’s verdict. [Cases: Damages 127–140. C.J.S. Damages §§ 384–385, 387–394; Parent and Child § 344.]
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A fund established by a state to compensate persons for losses stemming from an automobile accident caused by an uninsured or underinsured motorist. [Cases: Automobiles 251.1. C.J.S. Motor Vehicles §§ 1285, 1290–1294.]
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An amount awarded to a complainant to compensate for a proven injury or loss; damages that repay actual losses. — Also termed compensatory damages; tangible damages; real damages. [Cases: Damages 15. C.J.S. Damages §§ 21–22.]
outcome responsibility. The view that those who cause harm are responsible for it even in the absence of fault. Cf. strict liability under LIABILITY. “Outcome responsibility serves to foster a sense of identity because it does not stretch indefinitely into the future but enables each of us to claim for ourselves, or to share with
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negotiorum gestor (ni-goh-shee-or-[schwa]m jes-tor), n. [Latin “a manager of another’s affairs”] Roman & civil law. A person who acts without authority to protect another person’s interests, in the reasonable belief that the owner would approve the action if made aware of the circumstances. La. Civ. Code art. 2292. • The actor has a claim to
pro bono (proh boh-noh), adv. & adj.[Latin pro bono publico “for the public good”] Being or involving uncompensated legal services performed esp. for the public good (took the case pro bono) (50 hours of pro bono work each year). [Cases: Attorney and Client 132. C.J.S. Attorney and Client §§ 299–303.] “The bar in this country