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Contributory negligence   /kəntrˈɪbjətˌɔri nˈɛglədʒəns/   Listen
Contributory negligence

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





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... crack. "Do you know, if a person takes potatoes, or baled hay, that does not belong to him, it is stealing, but if a melon elopes with a boy, or several boys, the melon is always considered guilty of contributory negligence," and the old man laughed and winked at the boys. "But a house is no place to eat a melon in, and a knife is not good enough to cut a melon. Now, you fetch that melon out in the garden, by the cucumber vines, and I will show you the conditions that ...
— Peck's Uncle Ike and The Red Headed Boy - 1899 • George W. Peck


Words linked to "Contributory negligence" :   law, jurisprudence, carelessness, neglect, nonperformance, negligence


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