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  2. Philippine legal codes - Wikipedia

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    The taxes imposed by the Code include a graduated income tax on all income earned by natural and juridical persons within the Philippines, a capital gains tax, excise tax on certain products, a Donor's Tax, an estate tax, and a value-added tax on the sale of most goods and services in the Philippines.

  3. Revised Penal Code - Wikipedia

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    Judgment rendered through negligence Temporary special disqualification Yes Unjust interlocutory order All other cases Suspension Yes If offender have acted by reason of inexcusable negligence or ignorance, and order was manifestly unjust Malicious delay in the administration of justice: Yes Prosecution of offenses; negligence and tolerance ...

  4. Gregg v Scott - Wikipedia

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    84. Academic writers have suggested that in cases of clinical negligence, the need to prove causation is too restrictive of liability. This argument has appealed to judges in some jurisdictions; in some, but not all, of the States of the United States and most recently in New South Wales and Ireland: Rufo v Hosking (1 November 2004) [2004] NSWCA 391); Philp v Ryan (17 December 2004) [2004] 1 ...

  5. List of Philippine legal terms - Wikipedia

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    [4] E.O. N/A: English Abbreviation for Executive Order. estafa: scam, fraud, racket Spanish Fraud: expediente: file, dossier Spanish As special rules apply to the release of the rollo, the office of each member of the Supreme Court is allowed to take a copy of the rollo. This is the expediente. [5] fallo [2]

  6. Ignorantia juris non excusat - Wikipedia

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    It has also been defined as the "prohibition of ignorance of the law". The concept comes from Roman law, and is expressed in the brocard ignorantia legis non excusat. The essential public character of a law requires that the law, once properly promulgated, must apply to anyone in the jurisdiction where the law applies. Thus, no one can justify ...

  7. Negligence - Wikipedia

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    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 or failure to act.

  8. Delict - Wikipedia

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    By contrast, the civil law of German-speaking countries does not differentiate between delict (Delikt) and quasi-delict (Quasidelikt) as do French and Roman law.Under German Deliktsrecht, or ‘law of delict’, claims for damages can arise from either fault-based liability (Verschuldenshaftung), i.e. with intention or through negligence (Fahrlässigkeit), or strict liability ...

  9. Fault (law) - Wikipedia

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    Fault, as a legal term, refers to legal blameworthiness and responsibility in each area of law. It refers to both the actus reus and the mental state of the defendant.The basic principle is that a defendant should be able to contemplate the harm that his actions may cause, and therefore should aim to avoid such actions.