dangerous exposure
Maritime law. Exposure that is reasonably foreseeable in the ordinary chances, mistakes, or hazards of navigation.
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remedial action
remedial action. 1. Environmental law. An action intended to bring about or restore long-term environmental quality; esp., under CERCLA, a measure intended to permanently alleviate pollution when a hazardous substance has been released or might be released into the environment, so as to prevent or minimize any further release of hazardous substances and thereby minimize
cargo
cargo. Goods transported by a vessel, airplane, or vehicle; FREIGHT(1). general cargo. Goods and materials of various types transported by carriers, often in a common load, with few or no restrictions. hazardous cargo. Dangerous goods or materials whose carriage is usu. subject to stringent regulatory and statutory restrictions.
superfund
Superfund. 1. The program that funds and administers the cleanup of hazardous-waste sites through a trust fund (financed by taxes on petroleum and chemicals and a new tax on corporations) created to pay for cleanup pending reimbursement from the liable parties. [Cases: Environmental Law 437.] 2. The popular name for the act that established this
basel convention
Basel Convention on the Control of Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Waste and Their Disposal. A 1992 treaty establishing formal rules and procedures for the transportation and disposal of hazardous waste across national borders. • The United States had not ratified the treaty as of 2003. — Often shortened to Basel Convention.
federal rules of civil procedure
Federal Rules of Civil Procedure. The rules governing civil actions in the U.S. district courts. — Abbr. Fed. R. Civ. P.; FRCP. [Cases: Federal Civil Procedure 31–44. C.J.S. Evidence § 7.] “Chief Justice Hughes in 1935 appointed fourteen lawyers and law teachers as the Advisory Committee for the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, with William
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strict liability
Liability that does not depend on actual negligence or intent to harm, but that is based on the breach of an absolute duty to make something safe. • Strict liability most often applies either to ultrahazardous activities or in products-liability cases. — Also termed absolute liability; liability without fault. Cf. fault liability; OUTCOME RESPONSIBILITY. [Cases:
danger
danger. 1. Peril; exposure to harm, loss, pain, or other negative result. 2. A cause of peril; a menace. apparent danger. 1. Obvious danger; real danger. — Also termed patent danger. 2. Criminal law. The perceived danger in one person’s actions toward another, as a result of which it seems necessary for the threatened person
adventurer
adventurer. A person who undertakes a hazardous action or enterprise; one with a stake in a commercial ad-venture.