| NOUN | act | comparative negligence | (law) negligence allocated between the plaintiff and the defendant with a corresponding reduction in damages paid to the plaintiff |
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| Meaning | (law) negligence allocated between the plaintiff and the defendant with a corresponding reduction in damages paid to the plaintiff. | |
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| Category | law, jurisprudence | The collection of rules imposed by authority |
| Broader | negligence, carelessness, neglect, nonperformance | failure to act with the prudence that a reasonable person would exercise under the same circumstances |
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