Contributory negligence

Definition
1  : negligence on the part of a plaintiff that contributed to the injury at issue
2  : a now largely abolished doctrine in tort law: negligence on the part of a plaintiff that contributed to the injury at issue will bar recovery from the defendant
also
: an affirmative defense based on this doctrine



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choate lien

a lien that requires no further action to be made enforceable and that identifies the lienor, the property subject to the lien, and the amount of the lien


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