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CONCURRENT NEGLIGENCE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does concurrent negligence mean?
• CONCURRENT NEGLIGENCE (noun)
The noun CONCURRENT NEGLIGENCE has 1 sense:
1. (law) negligence of two of more persons acting independently; the plaintiff may sue both together or separately
Familiarity information: CONCURRENT NEGLIGENCE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• CONCURRENT NEGLIGENCE (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
(law) negligence of two of more persons acting independently; the plaintiff may sue both together or separately
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("concurrent 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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