Also known as: adequately · adequacy · adequacies · sufficient
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Legally sufficient to satisfy a required standard or threshold under the governing rule or doctrine.
Angela Acosta returned home to find her spouse in the act of adultery with another person. She immediately killed the spouse in a sudden rage. The court treated the discovery as adequate provocation that reduced the charge from murder to voluntary manslaughter because the situation met the common-law categories of serious relational betrayal.
Alfred Ashford testified that he saw the defendant sign the contract at the kitchen table. The proponent introduced no other evidence of his knowledge. The court ruled his testimony adequate under the personal-knowledge requirement because his own account supported a finding that he had firsthand perception of the event.
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Amber Alonzo's client suffered from advanced dementia and could no longer manage her finances or understand legal options. The lawyer reasonably believed the client faced imminent financial harm and could not adequately act in her own interest. The lawyer therefore consulted adult protective services and petitioned for appointment of a conservator.
Adam Anderson signed and sent a letter to Aurora Biotech stating he had agreed to lease a specific warehouse for five years at a stated rent. The letter contained no other terms. The court held the writing adequate to satisfy the statute of frauds because it indicated a contract had been made between the parties and reasonably identified the subject matter.
A corrections officer intentionally refused to release Audrey Ashton from a holding cell even though he had a duty to do so at the end of her shift. The refusal prevented her from leaving for several hours. The court found the officer's inaction an adequate act of confinement that subjected him to liability for false imprisonment.
Apollo Energy, a foreign manufacturer, sold component parts to a U.S. assembler knowing the finished product might reach any state. An indemnity suit arose in a forum with minimal contacts to the defendant. The court held that mere placement in the stream of commerce was not adequate to support personal jurisdiction under the fair-play analysis.
Certain events such as a serious battery on the defendant or a close relative and catching one's spouse in the act of adultery qualify as adequate provocation. Mere words or old grievances do not.
A witness may testify only if evidence shows the witness has personal knowledge of the matter. The witness's own testimony can supply that foundation.
The lawyer must reasonably believe the client has diminished capacity, faces substantial harm, and cannot adequately act in the client's own interest. Protective steps such as seeking a guardian may then be taken.
The writing must reasonably identify the subject matter, be signed by the party to be charged, and state the essential terms with reasonable certainty.
A person under a duty to release another who intentionally refuses to do so commits an adequate act of confinement for false-imprisonment liability.
No. Mere awareness that a product may reach the forum state does not by itself provide a sufficient basis for jurisdiction when the defendant has not purposefully availed itself of the forum.
…which concern the public. The first writ of mandamus commands the officer to do the thing or show cause why not; if the cause be sufficient there is an end, if not a peremptory mandamus is awarded. The discretion of a court is a legal discretion, not arbitrary; if the applicant makes out a proper case the court are bound to…