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Prudential
Proceeding from or dictated or characterized by prudence prudent discreet sometimes selfish or pecuniary as distinguished from higher motives or influences as prudential motives
Sageness
The quality or state of being sage wisdom sagacity prudence gravity
Accident occasioned by negligence
result is said to be accidental when caused unintentionally and in such circumstances that a person of ordinary prudence would not have taken precautions to prevent its occurrence. In policies of insurance against accident the meaning of
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Frauds, Statute of
Frauds, Statute of, 29 Car. 2, c. 3 (A.D. 1676). This famous statute is said to have been famed by Sir Matthew Hale, Lord Keeper Guilford, and Sir Leoline Jenkins, an eminent civilian. Lord Nottingham used...
Accidental
and its occurrence as a consequence of such act is not so probable that a person of ordinary prudence ought, under the circumstances in which it is done, to take reasonable precautions against it, Sukhdev Singh v.
Act of God
fatale in Scotch Laws) as an occurrence which no human foresight can provide against and of which human prudence is not bound to recognize the possibility, Divisional Controller KSRTC v. Mahadeva Shetty, (2003) 7 SCC 197 (201):
Fault
(39 of 1930), s. 2 (5)] An error or defect of judgment or of conduct any deviation from prudence or duly resulting from inattention, incapacity, perversity, bad faith, or mismanagement, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 623.
Imprudent
Not prudent wanting in prudence or discretion indiscreet injudicious not attentive to consequence improper
Perils of the sea
sea or navigable waters, which could not have been reasonably foreseen and guarded against by ordinary skill and prudence by carrier or his agents or servants, Collis Line Pvt. Ltd. v. New India Assurance Co. Ltd., AIR
Proved
of life. Nevertheless, the standard of measuring proof prescribed by the definition, is that of a person of prudence and practical good sense. 'Proof' means the effect of the evidence adduced in the case, Ch. Razik Ram
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