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ACTIVE NEGLIGENCE [1 record]

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Record 1 2015-07-31

English

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

The negligence resulting from an affirmative or positive act, such as driving through a barrier.

CONT

Active negligence may consist in creating a source of danger in the handling of products ... It may also be committed by selling a chattel to a purchaser whom he knows or has reason to believe to be incompetent to handle it safely, like entrusting a gun or a car to a child ...

French

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

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Derecho de ilícitos civiles (common law)
  • Infracciones y crímenes
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