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.
The aggregate of the functions by which a living organism is maintained in a normal condition of weight and growth.
The act or the result of sustaining; sustainment.
The scheme by which the ministers of the Free Church of Scotland are supported by voluntary contributions not local or congregational, but with a national altruism or solidarity paid into a great central fund, out of which equal stipends are paid to all alike.