slight negligence

slight negligence
slight negligence see negligence

Merriam-Webster’s Dictionary of Law. . 1996.

slight negligence
n. Failure to exercise great care that an extraordinarily attentive person would have exercised.
See also negligence.

Webster's New World Law Dictionary. . 2000.

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