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An adverb denoting source or derivation from a specified antecedent matter or thing.
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Tori Taylor left government service with confidential information about a regulated company. Her new firm took on an adverse private client in the same matter. The firm screened Tori from the matter and apportioned her no part of the fee therefrom.
Tanya Tang negligently left keys in an unlocked vehicle. A thief stole the car and intentionally crashed it into Tyrone Tran's property. The thief's criminal act became a superseding cause of harm resulting therefrom.
Tabitha Taylor published statements about a public official. Evidence showed the publisher believed the statements were substantially correct at the time. No inference of malice arose therefrom.
Theo Thomas served as trustee of a common trust fund. The bank mailed notice of the accounting to every known person entitled to share in the income therefrom.
Taliah Tang owned land zoned for industrial use. The village ordinance limited the parcel to residential purposes and excluded ordinary mercantile business therefrom.
Tundra Resources required employees to recite a loyalty pledge. The board viewed the requirement as essential to an orderly society and the benefits that accrue therefrom.
The phrase requires that the disqualified lawyer receive none of the fees generated by the screened matter. This prevents any financial incentive from the representation that creates the conflict.
The phrase identifies the harm that flows from the third person's intentional tort or crime. It separates that harm from the original actor's negligence when the third act is unforeseeable.
The language ensures the disqualified lawyer has no economic stake in the matter that creates the imputed conflict. It appears across multiple imputation rules to enforce the same financial separation.
…[from which] the jury could not have but been impressed with the bad faith of The Times, and its maliciousness inferable therefrom." The statement does not indicate malice at the time of the publication; even if the advertisement was not "substantially correct"although respondent's own proofs tend to show that it…