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prudence : attentiveness to possible hazard : caution or circumspection as to danger or risk [a person of ordinary ] ...
Prudency
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Prudent
Sagacious in adapting means to ends circumspect in action or in determining any line of conduct practically wise judicious careful discreet sensible opposed to rash as a prudent man dictated or directed by prudence or wise forethought evincing prudence as prudent behavior...
Diligence
Diligence, care, of which there are infinite shades, from the slightest momentary thought to the most vigilant anxiety; but the law recognizes only three degrees of diligence: (1) Common or ordinary, which men in general exert in respect of their own concerns; the standard is necessarily variable with respect to the facts, although it may be uniform with respect to the principle. (2) High or great, which is extraordinary diligence, or that which very prudent persons take of their own concerns. (3) Low or slight, which is that which persons of less than common prudence, or indeed of no prudence at all, take of their own concerns.The Civil Law is in conformity with the Common Law. It lays down three degrees of diligence--ordinary (diligentia), extraordinary (exactissima diligentia), slight (levissima diligentia), Story on Bailments, 19.In Scots law, the term 'diligence' signifies execution. See NEGLIGENCE....
Negligence per se
Negligence per se, conduct, whether of action or omission, which may be declared and treated as negligence without any argument or proof as to the particular surrounding circumstances, either because it is in violation of a statute or valid municipal ordinance, or because it is so palpably opposed to the dictates of common prudence that it can be said without hesitation or doubt that no careful person would have been guilty of it. As a general rule, the violation of a public duty, enjoined by law for the protection of person or property, so constitutes, Black's Law Dictionary; See also State of Haryana v. Santra, (2000) 5 SCC 182.Negligence per se is defined as 'Conduct, whether of action or omission, which may be declared and treated as negligence without any argument or proof as to be particular surrounding circumstances, either because it is in violation of a statute or valid municipal ordinance, or because it is so palpably opposed to the dictates of common prudence that it can be ...
Reasonable cause
Reasonable cause, means a cause which prevents a reasonable man of an ordinary prudence acting under normal circumstances, without negligence or inaction or want of bona fide from furnishing the return in time, Commissioner of Wealth-tax, Patna v. Jagdish Prasad Choudhary, AIR 1996 Pat 58.Means a cause which prevents a reasonable man of a ordinary prudence acting under normal circum-stances, without negligence or inaction or want of bona fide from furnishing the return in time, Commissioner of Wealth-tax, Bihar-I, Patna v. Jagdish Choudhary, Sahebganj, AIR 1996 Pat 58....
care
care 1 : watchful or protective attention, caution, concern, prudence, or regard usually towards an action or situation ;esp : due care [a person has a duty to use in dealing with others, and failure to do so is negligence "R. I. Mehr"] see also due care, negligence, standard of care NOTE: Statute, case law, and custom often impose a duty of care. The degree or standard of care owed varies depending on the circumstances. For example, a landlord has to exercise greater care in relation to a tenant than to a trespasser. 2 a : personal supervision or responsibility : charge b : maintenance ...
cause
cause 1 : something that brings about an effect or result [the negligent act which was the of the plaintiff's injury] NOTE: The cause of an injury must be proven in both tort and criminal cases. actual cause : cause in fact in this entry but-for cause : cause in fact in this entry cause in fact : a cause without which the result would not have occurred called also actual cause but-for cause concurrent cause : a cause that joins simultaneously with another cause to produce a result called also concurring cause compare intervening cause and superseding cause in this entry di·rect cause : proximate cause in this entry ef·fi·cient in·ter·ven·ing cause : superseding cause in this entry intervening cause 1 : an independent cause that follows another cause in time in producing the result but does not interrupt the chain of causation if foreseeable called also supervening cause compare concurrent cause and superseding cause in this entry 2 : super...
foreseeable
foreseeable : such as reasonably can or should be anticipated : such that a person of ordinary prudence would expect to occur or exist under the circumstances [a risk] [the expenses] [a plaintiff] fore·see·ably adv ...
innocence
innocence : freedom from fault or guilt under the law: as a : the state of not being guilty of a particular crime or offense compare guilt b : the state of not being guilty of an act that constitutes a ground for divorce c : ignorance on the part of a party to a transaction of facts that would lead a person of ordinary prudence to make inquiries ...
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