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culpable neglect [1 record]

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Record 1 2003-03-31

English

Subject field(s)
  • Penal Law
  • Tort Law (common law)
  • Offences and crimes
DEF

... neglect that is less than gross carelessness but more than the failure to use ordinary care.

OBS

"Neglect" is not hte same thing as "negligence". In the present connection the word "neglect" indicates, as a purely objective fact, that a person has not done that which it was his duty to do ...

French

Domaine(s)
  • Droit pénal
  • Droit des délits (common law)
  • Infractions et crimes

Spanish

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