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)
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