The Rantings of the barely human.
Automated Brokerage Interface (ABI): A system that allows U.S. Customs Brokers with computer capabilities and customs certification to transmit and exchange customs entries and other information, allowing for the timely release of imported cargo.
Association of British Insurers (ABI): The principal representative body for companies, including some foreign companies, authorised to carry on insurance business in the UK.
A legal doctrine that states that one can be held liable even if negligence has not been proven, as in the case of worker’s compensation.
Liability that is triggered automatically when an egregious activity is performed, when the performance of an act is so dangerous that it is enough to trigger liability regardless of the degree of negligence. e.g:
Also called strict liability.
This concept of negligence holds that one party is negligent regardless of the actions of the injured party. An employer, for example, is held absolutely liable under the Employees Compensation Act if an employee is injured by an act “arising out of and in the course of employment.”