单词 | to sound in tort |
释义 | > as lemmasto sound in tort 6. to sound in damages: in legal use, to be concerned only with damages. Also to sound in tort, to sound in contract, etc. ΘΚΠ society > law > administration of justice > court proceedings or procedure > [verb (transitive)] > be concerned in type of action to sound in damages1780 1780 M. Madan Thelyphthora II. 153 There is not one [change] which does not sound in damages, as our lawyers speak. 1798 E. H. Bay Rep. Cases Superior Courts S.-Carolina 16 The discount law only extended to liquidated accounts, and not to matters sounding in damages. 1885 Law Rep.: Chancery Div. 30 21 This covenant did not create a specifically ascertained debt, but only a claim which sounded in damages. 1918 Law Rep.: Appeal Cases 289 Whether it sounds in debt or in damages such a cause of action implies a present obligation to pay simultaneous with its coming into existence. 1947 All Eng. Law Rep. 23 Aug. 466 An action against a salvor for negligence or misconduct sounds in tort. 1964 Mod. Law Rev. 27 iii. 264 To juggle with the language of the forms of action and say that the plaintiff's action sounds in tort not contract, cannot alter the fact that the line between liability and non-liability is drawn by seeing whether the act..is, or is not, a breach of contract between two other persons. 1972 N.Y. Law Jrnl. 24 Oct. 20/4 While the action sounds in contract, the complaint sets forth two causes of action for unliquidated amounts. < as lemmas |
随便看 |
英语词典包含1132095条英英释义在线翻译词条,基本涵盖了全部常用单词的英英翻译及用法,是英语学习的有利工具。