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due care

due care : the care that an ordinarily reasonable and prudent person

Good faith

be done in good faith which is not done with due care and attention. [Limitation Act, 1963, s. 2 (h)] The expression … believed in `good faith' which is done or believed without due care and attention'. The insistence is upon the exercise of due

Negligence

things if those who have the management and control use due care, Syad Akbar v. State of Karnataka, AIR 1979 SC 1848: … Negligence in common parlance means and imply 'failure to exercise due care, expected of a reasonable prudent person'. It is a breach

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care

or regard usually towards an action or situation ;esp : due care [a person has a duty to use in dealing with … to do so is negligence "R. I. Mehr"] see also due care, negligence, standard of care NOTE: Statute, case law, and custom

due diligence

duty, or with regard to proceeding with a court action. Due care is used more often in connection with general tort actions.

Nuisance

sparks from an engine; if the power is permissive only, due care must be exercised not to infringe the rights of other

duty

shareholder approval duty of care : a duty to use due care toward others in order to protect them from unnecessary risk

surcharge

a surcharge on [ a trustee for failing to exercise due care] 2 : to show an omission in (an account) for … a penalty imposed on a fiduciary for failing to exercise due care in the management of assets

Rash act

deliberate act in the sense that it was done without due care and caution. Culpable rashness lies in running the risk of

reasonable care

reasonable care : due care

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