CONTRIBUTORY NEGLIGENCE


Meaning of CONTRIBUTORY NEGLIGENCE in English

Law.

negligence on the part of an injured party that combines with the negligence of another in causing the injury, sometimes so as to diminish or bar the recovery of damages for the injury.

[ 1870-75 ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .