Also known as: standard
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A Law French term denoting an official standard of weights and measures established by law or custom.
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Emanuel Escobar operated scales calibrated below the official estandard for grain sales. When short-weighted sacks caused a buyer to overload a truck that crashed and killed a passenger, prosecutors charged Escobar with involuntary manslaughter based on criminal negligence in deviating from the required estandard.
Ewan Eckhart contracted to buy land from Emerald Enterprises. The seller's chain of title referenced an old estandard for boundary markers that had never been updated, leaving an unreleased lien clouding marketability. Eckhart refused to close because the estandard defect prevented conveyance of marketable title.
Congress exercised its power under Article I Section 8 to fix the estandard for coinage weights and measures. The statute required all states to conform commercial scales to the federal estandard, thereby regulating commerce among the states through uniform measurement rules.
Ella Emerson, a grain elevator operator, consciously disregarded the statutory estandard for bushel weights when loading trucks. By using an uncalibrated scale that created a substantial risk of short-weight deliveries, Emerson acted recklessly under the Model Penal Code definition of that mental state.
Eclipse Manufacturing hired Elena Estrada as a paid purchasing agent. Estrada failed to verify that suppliers met the industry estandard for raw-material tolerances. Because she did not exercise the skill standard in the locality for her work, the principal could sue for breach of the duty of care.
Eduardo Enriquez, a scale technician, installed a commercial balance that deviated from the reasonable-person estandard for accuracy. When the faulty scale caused a customer to receive short weight and suffer economic loss, the technician's failure to conform to the required standard supported a negligence claim.
It is a Law French noun referring to an official standard of weights and measures established by law or custom.
The term appears only in historical or specialized contexts. Contemporary statutes and contracts refer simply to a standard of weights and measures.
Estandard denotes the physical or legal gauge itself, whereas modern usage often describes the required level of conduct or quality rather than the measuring device.
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