no fault or negligence

  • 1fault — n [Anglo French faute lack, failing, ultimately from Latin fallere to deceive, disappoint] 1: a usu. intentional act forbidden by law; also: a usu. intentional omission to do something (as to exercise due care) required by law see also negligence …

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  • 2negligence — 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… …

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  • 3negligence — 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… …

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  • 4negligence — 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… …

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  • 5fault — Negligence; an error or defect of judgment or of conduct; any deviation from prudence, duty, or rectitude; any shortcoming, or neglect of care or performance resulting from inattention, incapacity, or perversity; a wrong tendency, course, or act; …

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  • 6fault — Negligence; an error or defect of judgment or of conduct; any deviation from prudence, duty, or rectitude; any shortcoming, or neglect of care or performance resulting from inattention, incapacity, or perversity; a wrong tendency, course, or act; …

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  • 7fault — [n1] blame, sin; mistake accountability, answerability, blunder, crime, culpability, defect, delinquency, dereliction, error, evil doing, failing, flaw, foible, frailty, guilt, impropriety, inaccuracy, indiscretion, infirmity, lapse, liability,… …

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  • 8Negligence — For other uses, see Negligence (disambiguation). Tort law …

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  • 9négligence — (né gli jan s ) s. f. 1°   Défaut de soin, d exactitude, d application. •   Il est vrai, madame, que vous ne me sauriez perdre, quelque négligence que vous ayez pour moi, VOIT. Lett. 17. •   Je m accuse déjà de trop de négligence, Courons à la… …

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  • 10negligence — n. 1. Neglect, carelessness, thoughtlessness, remissness, heedlessness, disregard, inattention, slackness, laches, inadvertency, indifference. 2. Shortcoming, fault, omission, defect, inadvertence …

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