Vi fant 8 definisjoner av negligence på engelsk.
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| negligence - failure to act with the prudence that a reasonable person would exercise under the same circumstances | ||
| carelessness, neglect, nonperformance | ||
| nonaccomplishment, nonachievement an act that does not achieve its intended goal | ||
| dereliction willful negligence | ||
| comparative negligence (law) negligence allocated between the plaintiff and the defendant with a corresponding reduction in damages paid to the plaintiff | ||
| concurrent negligence (law) negligence of two of more persons acting independently; the plaintiff may sue both together or separately | ||
| contributory negligence (law) behavior by the plaintiff that contributes to the harm resulting from the defendant's negligence; "in common law any degree of contributory negligence would bar the plaintiff from collecting damages" | ||
| criminal negligence, culpable negligence (law) recklessly acting without reasonable caution and putting another person at risk of injury or death (or failing to do something with the same consequences) | ||
| neglect of duty (law) breach of a duty | ||
| negligence - the trait of neglecting responsibilities and lacking concern | ||
| neglect, neglectfulness | ||
| carelessness, sloppiness the quality of not being careful or taking pains | ||
| willful neglect, dereliction, delinquency willful negligence | ||
Substantiv |
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| negligence - The state of being negligent. | ||
| negligence - The tort whereby a duty of reasonable care was breached, causing damage: any conduct short of intentional or reckless action that falls below the legal standard for preventing unreasonable injury. | ||
| negligence - The breach of a duty of care: the failure to exercise a standard of care that a reasonable person would have in a similar situation. |
