Legal Dictionary of Pakistan

Quick lookup for English, Urdu, and Latin legal terms used in Pakistani jurisprudence.

exposure

The amount of liability or other risk to which a person is subject <the client wanted to know its exposure before it made a settlement offer>.

exposure of person

See INDECE EXPOSURE

exposure theory

Insurance. A theory of coverage providing that an insurer must cover a loss if the insurance was in effect when the claimant was exposed to the product that caused the injury. Cf. MANIFESTATION THEORY; ACTUAL-INJURY TRIGGER; TRIPLE TRIGGER.

indecent exposure

An offensive display of one's body in public, esp. of the genitals. Cf. LEWDNESS; OBSCENITY.

injurious exposure.

Workers' compensation. Contact with a substance that would cause injury if the person were repeatedly exposed to it over time. ( An employer may be found liable for harm resulting from injurious exposure. injurious falsehood. See DISPARAGEMENT

last-injurious-exposure rule

See LAST-EM. PLOYER RULE.

voluntary exposure to unnecessary danger.

An intentional act that, from the standpoint of a reasonable person, gives rise to an undue risk of harm. ( The phrase implies a conscious, deliberate exposure of which one is consciously willing to take the risk.