BabelNet

bn:00021302n

Noun Concept

Categories: Legal doctrines and principles, Law of negligence, American legal terms, Comparative law, Tort law

comparative negligence

(law) negligence allocated between the plaintiff and the defendant with a corresponding reduction in damages paid to the plaintiff WordNet 3.0

Definitions

Relations

Sources

(law) negligence allocated between the plaintiff and the defendant with a corresponding reduction in damages paid to the plaintiff WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet

Comparative negligence, called non-absolute contributory negligence outside the United States, is a partial legal defense that reduces the amount of damages that a plaintiff can recover in a negligence-based claim, based upon the degree to which the plaintiff's own negligence contributed to cause the injury. Wikipedia

A partial legal defense Wikipedia Disambiguation

IS A

CATEGORY DOMAIN

WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet

Wikipedia

Wikidata