Tag: BY

  • Bye-laws

    Definition of Bye-laws Rules made by some authority (subordinate to the Legislature) for the regulation, administration or management of a certain district, property, undertaking, etc., and binding on all persons who come within their scope. Thus every Act of Parliament incorporating a railway […]

  • Byrne V. Boadle

    Definition of Byrne V. Boadle ((1863), 2 H. & C. 722). Ees ipsa loquitur. The plaintiff was walking along a street in Liverpool when a barrel of flour fell from the defendant’s premises and injured him. Held, that the falling was prima facie evidence of negligence Browse You might be […]

  • Byrne V. Van Tienhoven

    Definition of Byrne V. Van Tienhoven ((1880), L. R. 5 C. P. D. 344). A revocation or withdrawal of an offer is of no effect until it is communicated to the offeree, i. e., until it is actually received by him. Therefore an acceptance of an offer, made between the posting and receipt of a…

  • Bywell Castle, The

    Definition of Bywell Castle, The ((1879), 4 P. D. 219). A ship, by faulty navigation, placed another ship in such a position that a collision was inevitable unless the utmost skill was shown, which in fact was not. Held, the owner of the latter ship was entitled to damages C.I.F. Cost, […]