Contributory Fault - Law Dictionary Search Results
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contributory fault : responsibility for aiding in the accomplishment of a bad result (as an injury) ;specif : 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. ...
comparative fault
comparative fault : a doctrine in torts in which the fault attributable to each party is compared and any award to the plaintiff is reduced in proportion to the plaintiff's share of the fault : comparative negligence at negligence compare contributory negligence at negligence strict liability at liability ...
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