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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 separatelyplay

  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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