Word Finder - negligence

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The state of being negligent.

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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.

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The breach of a duty of care: the failure to exercise a standard of care that a reasonable person would have in a similar situation.

The ambassadors remarked his negligence, and his ministers complained of it.

In case a client has suffered damage owing to the negligence of the advocate, the latter can be made responsible.

The district council are, however, liable for any injury caused through negligence on the part of their officers or servants in carrying out the work of repair.

At the same time a passenger crossing the highway is also bound to use due care in avoiding vehicles, and the mere fact of a driver being on the wrong side of the road would not be evidence of negligence in such a case.

A weak case for a plaintiff is not gross negligence.

It can scarcely be doubted that the favour which was at once accorded to the views of Malthus in certain circles was due in part to an impression, very welcome to the higher ranks of society, that they tended to relieve the rich and powerful of responsibility for the condition of the working classes, by showing that the latter had chiefly themselves to blame, and not either the negligence of their superiors or the institutions of the country.

To the army he gave unremitting attention, reviewing it at regular intervals, and sternly punishing negligence on the part of the officers.

The twenty-eighth and last, that of negligence in looking after his servants, though it did him much harm, may fairly be said to imply no moral blame.

The composition of his various satires shows no negligence, but rather excess of elaboration; but it produces the impression of mechanical contrivance rather than of organic growth.

The collection also contains treatises on eloquence, some historical fragments, and literary trifles on such subjects as the praise of smoke and dust, of negligence, and a dissertation on Anion.

Unfortunately the victorious generals at Arginusae, through negligence or owing Xenophon, Hell.

So, Count, there never is any negligence in my company, and so my conscience was at ease.

At the Kamo Festival, of course, such negligence is quite inexcusable.

However, a tenant could sue the landlord for negligence if there was a dangerous item on the property.

Liability We accept unlimited liability We accept unlimited liability for death or personal injury caused by our negligence.

They are in error who hold the opinion that the negligence and bad husbandry of the former owner is good for his successor.

His own definition of blasphemous libel was enforced in the 1 Two of his later acts, allowing the defendant in an action for libel to prove veritas, and giving a right of action to the representatives of persons killed through negligence, also deserve mention.

Victims of clinical negligence may also be deterred in a similar fashion.

Generally speaking, injuries that you receive as a result of your own negligence or that are self-inflicted will not be covered, and medical treatment is not covered if you are traveling for the purpose of getting that treatment.

In return for this negligence the Thebans fastened a religious quarrel upon their neighbours, and secured a penal decree against them from the Amphictyonic synod (356).

It is probable that his fault was one of negligence only; but, distrusting the impartiality of the judges of the Somme, he fled to Paris, and on the 23rd of August 1793 was condemned in contumaciam to twenty years' imprisonment.

Rome is indeed to be honoured as the mother of the churches; nor would Gerbert oppose her judgments except in two cases - (I) where she enjoins something that is contrary to the decrees of a universal council, such as that of Nice, or (2) where, after having been once appealed to in a matter of ecclesiastical discipline and having refused to give a plain and speedy decision, she should, at a later date, attempt to call in question the provisions of the metropolitan synod called to remedy the effects of her negligence.

Employers of workmen in a clay or coal mine, stone quarry, or on a steam or street railway are liable for damage in case of an injury to any of their workmen where such injury is caused by the negligence of the employer or of any servant or employee of the employer.

Dr Scrivener imputes some of those differences " to oversight and negligence.

Compensation in respect of injury or death is not paid if the accident was brought about through the culpable negligence or other delict of the insured.

And when in the year 423 B.C., through the negligence of the priestess Chryseis, the old temple was burnt down, the Argives erected a splendid new temple, built by Eupolemos, in which was placed the great gold and ivory statue of Hera, by the sculptor Polyclitus, the Cyclopean wall and below it were found traces of small houses of the rudest, earliest masonry which are pre-Mycenaean, if not pre-Cyclopean.

My son was born with severe cerebral palsy, due to hospital negligence.

Secret figures reveal there were 2123 medical negligence claims against the NHS in the past five years.

The government must listen to the families of people killed by employer negligence, not collude with the business world.

In nuisance, if negligence were not involved, compliance with terms of a permit would be relevant but not determinative.

The balance of his practice involves large personal injury and some clinical negligence litigation and fatal accidents.

Smaller unincorporated bodies will be covered by the common law offense of gross negligence manslaughter.

Last year saw an increase of 45 per cent in professional negligence mediations, solicitors accounting for 62 per cent of total cases.

Solicitors wrote to Mr Wong alleging negligence on his part on 18 December 2004.

Failure to deal properly with a notice within the relevant period may constitute negligence, leading to possible liability.

If someone makes a claim for damages they must be able to prove negligence and the onus is upon them to do so.

We are specialist solicitors dealing with all types of accident claims, including clinical negligence.

It would be fair to expect the customer to pay for repair caused by customer negligence or accident within their premises.

Consent might be relevant to issues of contributory negligence.

In general an adult has three years from the date of the alleged negligence to bring a claim.

The GMC would be informed in cases of medical negligence.

Professional indemnity claims involving solicitors ' negligence, personal injury claims and other issues.

This exclusion does not include any liability for negligence by GCap or death or personal injury arising out of such negligence by GCap or death or personal injury arising out of such negligence.

Today there were questions about why a long-awaited government shake-up designed to reduce medical negligence bills has still not been put into action.

He was represented by specialist clinical negligence solicitor Olive Lewin.

Stephen and Cindy Martin are suing Dr. Lynne Marriott for negligence after their daughter was delivered stillborn.

It is sufficiently sheltered, but by the negligence of the Turks the sand has been suffered to accumulate until it has been gradually almost choked up. The other harbour is larger, and also in a bad condition; here small ships may anchor, and are sheltered from the west winds, though they are exposed to the north and north-east winds.

The amiable character of the king preserved his own popularity, but the government was ignorant and profligate, justice was ill administered, negligence and disorder reigned in all its departments.

In Arabic it is such an easy thing to accumulate masses of words with the same termination, that the gross negligence of the rhyme in the Koran is doubly remarkable.

Indignant at this negligence, Penry published, early in 1587, The /Equity of an Humble Supplication - in the behalf of the country of Wales, that some order may be taken for the preaching of the Gospel among those people.