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 state of being negligent.
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.
Thorough inspection of a situation or a case.
Intense study of someone or something.
A ticket, or little paper billet, on which a vote is written.
An examination by a committee of the votes given at an election, for the purpose of correcting the poll.
An examination of catechumens, in the last week of Lent, who were to receive baptism on Easter Day.