Contributory Fault
Legal definition for Indian law research
Definition
contributory fault
: responsibility for aiding in the accomplishment of a bad result (as an injury)
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: responsibility of a promisor for causing his or her promise to be impossible to perform NOTE: A promisor who is guilty of contributory fault cannot invoke the defense of impossibility.
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