English-Chinese law dictionary (法律英汉双解大词典). 2013.
collateral source rule — n: a rule in torts: the amount of damages to be paid to a plaintiff by a defendant will not be reduced by payments received by the plaintiff from other sources (as medical insurance) Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster. 1996.… … Law dictionary
Collateral source rule — The collateral source rule, or collateral source doctrine, is an American case law evidentiary rule that prohibits the admission of evidence that a victim s damages were or will be compensated from some source other than the damages awarded… … Wikipedia
Collateral Source Rule — A common law rule of evidence pertaining to punitive or other damages awarded to a plaintiff for injury, illness or disability. The Collateral Source rule mandates that damages awarded in court cannot be reduced by any amount of other sources of… … Investment dictionary
collateral source rule — The rule of damages that benefits received by the plaintiff from a source wholly independent of and collateral to the wrongdoer will not diminish the damages otherwise recoverable. 22 Am J2d Damg § 206 … Ballentine's law dictionary
collateral — col·lat·er·al 1 /kə la tə rəl, la trəl/ adj 1 a: accompanying as a secondary fact, activity, or agency but subordinate to a main consideration b: not directly relevant or material a collateral evidentiary matter a collateral issue 2: belonging to … Law dictionary
Collateral — may refer to: Collateral (finance) Collateral (film) See also Collateral damage Collateral Warranty Collateral contract Collateral ganglia Collateral estoppel Collateral source rule Collateralized debt obligation Marketing collateral Collateral… … Wikipedia
collateral — /kalaetsral/ Property which is pledged as security for the satisfaction of a debt. Collateral is additional security for performance of principal obligation, or that which is by the side, and not in direct line. Shaffer v. Davidson, Wyo., 445… … Black's law dictionary
collateral — /kalaetsral/ Property which is pledged as security for the satisfaction of a debt. Collateral is additional security for performance of principal obligation, or that which is by the side, and not in direct line. Shaffer v. Davidson, Wyo., 445… … Black's law dictionary
Collateral consequences of criminal charges — Collateral consequences of criminal charges, known as the Four C s in legal parlance [http://www2.law.columbia.edu/fourcs] , are the results of arrest, prosecution or conviction that are not part of the sentence imposed. This includes any… … Wikipedia
Net capital rule — The uniform net capital rule is a rule created by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission ( SEC ) in 1975 to regulate directly the ability of broker dealers to meet their financial obligations to customers and other creditors.[1] Broker… … Wikipedia
Best evidence rule — The best evidence rule is a common law rule of evidence which can be traced back at least as far as the 18th century. In Omychund v Barker (1745) 1 Atk, 21, 49; 26 ER 15, 33, Lord Harwicke stated that no evidence was admissible unless it was the… … Wikipedia
