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prudent

prudent : characterized by, arising from, or showing prudence pru·dent·ly adv

Prudent

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

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prudent man rule

prudent man rule : a rule giving discretion to a fiduciary and esp. a trustee to manage another's affairs

Frugally

Thriftily prudently

Cautelous

Caution prudent wary

Foresighted

Sagacious prudent provident for the future

Imprudent

Not prudent wanting in prudence or discretion indiscreet injudicious not attentive to consequence improper

Quaint

Prudent wise hence crafty artful wily

Negligence

Beven on Negligence and Smith's Leading Cases, sub tit, Coggs v. Bernard. Negligence is absence of reasonable or prudent care which a reasonable person is expected to observe in a given set of circumstances. But the negligence

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