To interpose a demurrer.
To delay; to pause; to suspend proceedings or judgment in view of a doubt or difficulty; to hesitate; to put off the determination or conclusion of an affair.
To scruple or object; to take exception; to oppose; to balk
An act of hesitation as to proceeding; a scruple; also, a suspension of action or decision; a pause, a stop.
The state of being negligent.
The breach of a duty of care: the failure to exercise a standard of care that a reasonable person would have in a similar situation.
The tort whereby a duty of reasonable care was breached, causing damage: any conduct short of intentional or reckless action that falls below the legal standard for preventing unreasonable injury.