culpable negligence

culpable negligence
culpable negligence n: criminal negligence at negligence

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

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  • culpable negligence — noun (law) recklessly acting without reasonable caution and putting another person at risk of injury or death (or failing to do something with the same consequences) • Syn: ↑criminal negligence • Topics: ↑law, ↑jurisprudence • Hypernyms: ↑neg …   Useful english dictionary

  • culpable negligence — willful or intentional disregard for legal requirements …   English contemporary 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

  • 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

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  • culpable conduct — /kalpabal/ Blamable; censurable; criminal; at fault; involving the breach of a legal duty or the commission of a fault. That which is deserving of moral blame. Such conduct normally involves something more than simple negligence and implies… …   Black's law dictionary

  • culpable conduct — /kalpabal/ Blamable; censurable; criminal; at fault; involving the breach of a legal duty or the commission of a fault. That which is deserving of moral blame. Such conduct normally involves something more than simple negligence and implies… …   Black's law dictionary

  • culpable — [[t]kʌ̱lpəb(ə)l[/t]] ADJ GRADED If someone or their conduct is culpable, they are responsible for something wrong or bad that has happened. [FORMAL] Their decision to do nothing makes them culpable. ...manslaughter resulting from culpable… …   English dictionary

  • culpable — adjective Etymology: Middle English coupable, from Anglo French cupable, culpable, from Latin culpabilis, from culpare to blame, from culpa guilt Date: 14th century 1. archaic guilty, criminal 2. meriting condemnation or blame …   New Collegiate Dictionary

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