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foreseeability test [2 records]
Record 1 - internal organization data 2008-09-10
Record 1, English
Record 1, Subject field(s)
- Tort Law (common law)
Record 1, Main entry term, English
- foresight test
1, record 1, English, foresight%20test
correct
Record 1, Abbreviations, English
Record 1, Synonyms, English
- foreseeability test 2, record 1, English, foreseeability%20test
correct
- test of foreseeability 3, record 1, English, test%20of%20foreseeability
correct
Record 1, Textual support, English
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 DEF
A test used in an action for negligence where a defendant will be held liable if he should reasonably have foreseen that consequences of a certain kind were likely to result. 4, record 1, English, - foresight%20test
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 CONT
The nervous shock cases raise ... the question whether a person's peculiar susceptibility to injury entitles him to special regard in the exercise of care from others. There used to be impressive support for the view that conformity to an external and objective standard of normality was postulated for plaintiff and defendant alike .... Eventually, however, this viewpoint yielded to the more open-minded foreseeability test ... we have come to recognize that even those endowed with less psychic robustness than the model person or the physically handicapped are entitled to consideration from those whose activities foreseeably create unreasonable hazards in their path .... 1, record 1, English, - foresight%20test
Record 1, French
Record 1, Domaine(s)
- Droit des délits (common law)
Record 1, Main entry term, French
- critère de prévisibilité
1, record 1, French, crit%C3%A8re%20de%20pr%C3%A9visibilit%C3%A9
correct, masculine noun
Record 1, Abbreviations, French
Record 1, Synonyms, French
Record 1, Textual support, French
Record 1, Spanish
Record 1, Textual support, Spanish
Record 2 - internal organization data 1986-06-18
Record 2, English
Record 2, Subject field(s)
- Tort Law (common law)
Record 2, Main entry term, English
- foreseeability test
1, record 2, English, foreseeability%20test
correct
Record 2, Abbreviations, English
Record 2, Synonyms, English
Record 2, French
Record 2, Domaine(s)
- Droit des délits (common law)
Record 2, Main entry term, French
- critère de prévisibilité
1, record 2, French, crit%C3%A8re%20de%20pr%C3%A9visibilit%C3%A9
correct, masculine noun
Record 2, Abbreviations, French
Record 2, Synonyms, French
Record 2, Textual support, French
Record 2, Spanish
Record 2, Textual support, Spanish
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