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  • 121negligence — 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

  • 122negligence — 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

  • 123wanton — Reckless, heedless, malicious; characterized by extreme recklessness or foolhardiness; recklessly disregardful of the rights or safety of others or of consequences. In re Wegner, C.C.A.I11., 88 F.2d 899, 902. Means undisciplined, unruly, marked… …

    Black's law dictionary

  • 124crime — / krīm/ n [Middle French, from Latin crimen fault, accusation, crime] 1: conduct that is prohibited and has a specific punishment (as incarceration or fine) prescribed by public law compare delict, tort 2: an offense against public law …

    Law dictionary

  • 125Río Negro Massacre — In 1978, in the face of civil war, the Guatemalan government proceeded with its economic development program, including the construction of the Chixoy hydroelectric dam. Financed in large part by the World Bank and Inter American Development Bank …

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  • 126Settled insanity — is defined as a permanent or settled condition caused by long term substance abuse and differs from the temporary state of intoxication. In some United States jurisdictions settled insanity can be used as a basis for an insanity defense, even… …

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  • 127Account of profits — An account of profits (sometimes referred to as an accounting for profits or simply an accounting ) is a type of equitable remedy most commonly used in cases of breach of fiduciary duty. [Black s Law Dictionary, 7th ed. 1999] It is an action… …

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  • 128conspiracy — conspirative, adj. conspiratorial /keuhn spir euh tawr ee euhl, tohr /, conspiratory, adj. conspiratorially, adv. /keuhn spir euh see/, n., pl. conspiracies. 1. the act of conspiring. 2. an evil, unlawful, treacherous, or surreptitious plan… …

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