Negligence

  • 51negligence as a matter of law — An undisputed fact or facts, so conclusive of negligence in conduct or omission in violation of a standard of care which is clear in its requirements and in its application to the case, that there is no question to be submitted to the jury and… …

    Ballentine's law dictionary

  • 52Négligence de la taille de l'échantillon — Oubli de la fréquence de base L oubli de la fréquence de base (aussi connue sous le nom de négligence de la taille de l échantillon) est un biais cognitif liée aux lois statistiques, qui se manifeste par le fait que les gens oublient souvent de… …

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  • 53negligence — noun Date: 14th century 1. a. the quality or state of being negligent b. failure to exercise the care that a reasonably prudent person would exercise in like circumstances 2. an act or instance of being negligent …

    New Collegiate Dictionary

  • 54negligence — noun a) The state of being negligent b) 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 …

    Wiktionary

  • 55Negligence — 1. Skødesløshed, efterladenhed, ligegyldighed. 2. Ansvarsfrihed …

    Danske encyklopædi

  • 56negligence — I (Roget s IV) n. Syn. remissness, oversight, heedlessness; see carelessness , indifference 1 , neglect 1 . II (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) n. disregard, carelessness, dereliction, laxness. see neglect III (Roget s Thesaurus II) noun The state or… …

    English dictionary for students

  • 57negligence — neg|li|gence [ neglıdʒəns ] noun uncount failure to give care or attention, especially when this causes harm or damage …

    Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • 58negligence — neg·li·gence || neglɪdÊ’É™ns n. neglect; disregard, carelessness; failure to provide the necessary provision for (Law) …

    English contemporary dictionary

  • 59negligence — noun failure to take proper care over something. ↘Law breach of a duty of care which results in damage. Derivatives negligent adjective negligently adverb Origin ME: from OFr., or from L. negligentia, from negligere, var. of neglegere (see… …

    English new terms dictionary

  • 60negligence — n. 1. Neglect, carelessness, thoughtlessness, remissness, heedlessness, disregard, inattention, slackness, laches, inadvertency, indifference. 2. Shortcoming, fault, omission, defect, inadvertence …

    New dictionary of synonyms