culpable omission
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omission — Synonyms and related words: Sisyphean labor, abbreviation, abridgment, absence, arrearage, atrocity, bad policy, balk, ban, bar, barring, beggary, bevue, blank, blockade, blue penciling, bowdlerization, boycott, breach, break, cancellation,… … Moby Thesaurus
culpable — Criminal; censurable. Where the term is applied to the omission of a person to preserve the means of enforcing his own rights, censurable is more nearly an equivalent. Waltham Bank v Wright, 90 Mass (8 Allen) 121, 122 … Ballentine's law dictionary
remiss — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. lax, slack, neglectful, dilatory. See neglect. II (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. negligent, neglectful, derelict, lax, slack, inattentive, careless, indifferent, unmindful, forgetful, uninterested,… … English dictionary for students
remiss — [ri mis′] adj. [L remissus, pp. of remittere: see REMIT] 1. careless in, or negligent about, attending to a task; lax in the performance of duty 2. characterized by carelessness or negligence 3. Now Rare not energetic; languid remissly adv.… … English World dictionary
misdeed — I noun abomination, atrocity, bad behavior, blunder, crime, cruel act, culpable omission, delict, delictum, delinquency, dereliction, dutilessness, evil deed, fault, felony, guilty act, illegality, improper behavior, impropriety, infamous conduct … Law dictionary
Penal Code (Singapore) — The Penal Code of Singapore [Singapore Statute | c ed = 1985] sets out general principles of the criminal law of Singapore, as well as the elements and penalties of common criminal offences such as homicide, theft and cheating. The Penal Code… … Wikipedia
negligence — The omission to do something which a reasonable man, guided by those ordinary considerations which ordinarily regulate human affairs, would do, or the doing of something which a reasonable and prudent man would not do. Negligence is the failure… … Black's law dictionary
negligence — The omission to do something which a reasonable man, guided by those ordinary considerations which ordinarily regulate human affairs, would do, or the doing of something which a reasonable and prudent man would not do. Negligence is the failure… … Black's law dictionary
negligence — neg·li·gence / ne gli jəns/ n: failure to exercise the degree of care expected of a person of ordinary prudence in like circumstances in protecting others from a foreseeable and unreasonable risk of harm in a particular situation; also: conduct… … Law dictionary
Private Securities Litigation Reform Act — The United States Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 (PSLRA) implemented several substantive changes affecting certain cases brought under the federal securities laws, including changes related to pleading, discovery, liability,… … Wikipedia
