Blameworthy - Law Dictionary Search Results

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gross

gross [Middle English, immediately obvious, from Middle French gros thick, coarse, from Latin grossus] 1 : flagrant or extreme esp. in badness or offensiveness : of very blameworthy character [a violation of the rules of ethics] [a abuse of trust] 2 : consisting of an overall total exclusive of deductions [ annual earnings] compare net gross·ly adv gross·ness n n : overall total exclusive of deductions in gross 1 : as a lump sum see also lump sum alimony at alimony 2 : independently existing, belonging to a person, and not attached to land see also easement in gross at easement vt : to earn or bring in (an overall total) exclusive of deductions (as for taxes or expenses) ...

Blamable

Deserving of censure faulty culpable reprehensible censurable blameworthy...

blameable

same as blameworthy...

Blameworthy

Deserving blame culpable reprehensible...

Culpe

Blameworthiness...

extenuating

serving or tending to reduce the severity of guilt or blameworthiness as extenuating circumstances...

Causative potency

Causative potency, the court has regard both to the blameworthiness of each party and relative importance of the acts in causing the damage, Davies v. Swan Motor Co. (Swansea) Ltd., (1949) 2 KB 291....

Negligence, contributory negligence

Negligence, contributory negligence, the question of contributory negligence arises when there has been some act or omission on the claimant's part, which has materially contributed to the damage caused, and is of such a nature that it may properly be described as 'negligence'. Negligence ordinarily means breach of a legal duty to care, but when used in the expression 'contributory negligence' it does not mean breach of any duty. It only means the failure by a person to use reasonable care for the safety of either himself or his property, so that he becomes blameworthy in part as an 'author of his own wrong', Pramod Kumar Rasikbhai Jhaveri v. Kanmasey, AIR 2002 SC 2864 (2866): (2002) 6 SCC 455. (Motor Vehicles Act, 1988, s. 168)...

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