CONTRIBUTORY NEGLIGENCE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does contributory negligence mean? 

• CONTRIBUTORY NEGLIGENCE (noun)
  The noun CONTRIBUTORY NEGLIGENCE has 1 sense:

1. (law) behavior by the plaintiff that contributes to the harm resulting from the defendant's negligence

  Familiarity information: CONTRIBUTORY NEGLIGENCE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CONTRIBUTORY NEGLIGENCE (noun)

Meaning:

(law) behavior by the plaintiff that contributes to the harm resulting from the defendant's negligence

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Context example:

in common law any degree of contributory negligence would bar the plaintiff from collecting damages

Hypernyms ("contributory negligence" is a kind of...):

carelessness; neglect; negligence; nonperformance (failure to act with the prudence that a reasonable person would exercise under the same circumstances)

Domain category:

jurisprudence; law (the collection of rules imposed by authority)