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Contributory Negligence

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(law) behavior by the plaintiff that contributes to the harm resulting from the defendant's negligence

MWE

Classifications

Entity Type

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Sensitivity

unclassified

Information Class

unclassified

Variants

plural
Contributory Negligences
possessive
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pluralpossessive
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