tuottamus — meaning in English
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English meaning
- culpa noun Legal term for fault or negligence, as opposed to intentional wrongdoing.
- negligence noun A failure to take proper care, especially when it causes harm.
Senses
tuottamus is used for these senses in English:
- culpa (legal) Negligence or fault, as distinguishable from dolus (deceit, fraud), which implies intent, culpa being imputable to defect of intellect, dolus to defect of heart.
- negligence (legal, singulare tantum) The tort whereby a duty of reasonable care was breached, causing damage: any conduct short of intentional or reckless action that falls below the legal standard for preventing unreasonable injury.
negligence — full definition
- noun A failure to take proper care, especially when it causes harm.
- noun In law, a failure to meet the standard of care a reasonable person would show, resulting in injury or damage.