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    CONTRIBUTORY NEGLIGENCE

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

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

    Example:

    in common law any degree of contributory negligence would bar the plaintiff from collecting damages

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting acts or actions

    Hypernyms ("contributory negligence" is a kind of...):

    carelessness; neglect; negligence; nonperformance (failure to act with the prudence that a reasonable person would exercise under the same circumstances)

    Domain category:

    jurisprudence; law (the collection of rules imposed by authority)

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