contributory negligence

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Noun contributory negligence has 1 sense

contributory negligence - (law) behavior by the plaintiff that contributes to the harm resulting from the defendant's negligence; in common law any degree of contributory negligence would bar the plaintiff from collecting damages
--₁ is a kind of negligence, carelessness, neglect, nonperformance

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