Negligence

Negligence

Negligence (Lat. negligentia, from neglegere, to neglect, literally "not to pick up something") is a failure to exercise the care that a reasonably prudent person would exercise in like circumstances. The area of tort law known as negligence involves harm caused by carelessness, not intentional harm.

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Famous quotes containing the word negligence:

    “The youngest of four sons, but not the youngest of the family!—you conceive the sort of negligence that creeps over even the kindest maternities, in such case ...”
    —Walter Pater (1839–1894)

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    Where, undisguised by mimic art, she spreads
    Unbounded beauty to the roving eye.”
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