| NOUN | act | contributory negligence | (law) behavior by the plaintiff that contributes to the harm resulting from the defendant's negligence |
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| Meaning | (law) behavior by the plaintiff that contributes to the harm resulting from the defendant's negligence. | |
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| Example | "in common law any degree of contributory negligence would bar the plaintiff from collecting damages" | |
| 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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