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adverse-interest rule.The principle that if a party fails to produce a witness who is within its power to produce and who should have been produced, the judge may instruct the jury to infer that the  witness’s  evidence  is  unfavorable  to  the  party’s  case.  —  Also  termed  empty-chair  doctrine; adverse-inference  rule.  [Cases:  Criminal  Law    788;  Evidence   …

adverse interest.An interest that is opposed or contrary to that of someone else. [Blacks Law 8th]

adverse-inference rule.See ADVERSE-INTEREST RULE. [Blacks Law 8th]

adverse inference.See INFERENCE. [Blacks Law 8th]

adverse impact.See DISPARATE IMPACT. [Blacks Law 8th]

adverse employment action.An employer’s  decision that substantially and  negatively affects an employee’s job, such as a termination, demotion, or pay cut. — Also termed adverse job action. [Blacks Law 8th]

adverse enjoyment.See ENJOYMENT. [Blacks Law 8th]

adverse easement.See prescriptive easement under EASEMENT. [Blacks Law 8th]

adverse  dominion.  1.  See  ADVERSE-DOMINATION  DOCTRINE.  2.Torts.  Rare.  The unlawful exercise  of  authority  or  control over  goods so  that  the  true  owner  is dispossessed.  See CONVERSION(2).3.Rare.ADVERSE  POSSESSION.  [Cases:  Limitation  of  Actions    58(4,  5). C.J.S. Limitations of Actions § 205.] [Blacks Law 8th]

adverse-domination  doctrine.The  equitable  principle  that  the  statute  of  limitations  on  a breach-of-fiduciary-duty claim against officers and directors (esp. a corporation’s action against its own  officers and  directors)  is tolled  as  long  as  a  corporate plaintiff  is  controlled  by  the  alleged wrongdoers. • The statute is tolled until a majority of the disinterested directors discover or…