slight care
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slight care — An attempted but very difficult classification. Care exercised in a particular situation less than that called for by ordinary and common prudence. Litchfield v White, 7 NY 438. Care so slight in degree that the failure to exercise it must be… … Ballentine's law dictionary
slight care — noun such care as a careless or inattentive person would exercise • Hypernyms: ↑care, ↑charge, ↑tutelage, ↑guardianship … Useful english dictionary
care — n 1: watchful or protective attention, caution, concern, prudence, or regard usu. towards an action or situation; esp: due care a person has a duty to use care in dealing with others, and failure to do so is negligence R. I. Mehr see also due… … Law dictionary
slight — I adjective ancillary, auxiliary, diminutive, exiguous, exiguus, immaterial, inappreciable, inconsequential, inconsiderable, inferior, insignificant, levis, light, limited, little, meager, mean, minor, minute, modest, negligible, niggardly,… … Law dictionary
care — Watchful attention; concern; custody; diligence; discretion; caution; opposite of negligence or carelessness; prudence; regard; preservation; security; support; vigilance. To be concerned with, and to attend to, the needs of oneself or another.… … Black's law dictionary
care — Watchful attention; concern; custody; diligence; discretion; caution; opposite of negligence or carelessness; prudence; regard; preservation; security; support; vigilance. To be concerned with, and to attend to, the needs of oneself or another.… … Black's law dictionary
slight — A word of indeterminate meaning, variously defined as inconsiderable; unimportant; trifle; remote; insignificant. Moxley v. Hertz, 216 U.S. 344, 356, 30 S.Ct. 305, 308, 54 L.Ed. 510. As to slight care slight evidence slight fault and negligence,… … Black's law dictionary
slight diligence — Same as slight care … Ballentine's law dictionary
care, slight — n. The care a reasonable person exercises in unimportant matters, or the care used by a careless person in a similar situation. The Essential Law Dictionary. Sphinx Publishing, An imprint of Sourcebooks, Inc. Amy Hackney Blackwell. 2008 … Law dictionary
slight negligence — see negligence Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster. 1996. slight negligence … Law dictionary
