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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
Based on Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of Law ©2001.
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