英语词汇“floodgates”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

单词	floodgates
释义	floodgates Translations floodgates Related to floodgates: open the floodgates floodgates a term referring to the metaphor of the floodgates of litigation, the notion that there is potentially an ocean of potential litigants with potential claims who would, if the floodgates were opened, engulf the courts and inundate the courts of justice. It is often referred to by citing a dictum of Cardozo, as a fear of creating ‘liability in an indeterminate amount for an indeterminate time to an indeterminate class’. See ECONOMIC LOSS, NERVOUS SHOCK.
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