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n.A plaintiff’s negligence that is at least a partial proximate cause of the injury.
The Essential Law Dictionary. — Sphinx Publishing, An imprint of Sourcebooks, Inc. Amy Hackney Blackwell. 2008.
negligence, contributory
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