contributory negligence
noun [U] UK legalDefinition
› a judgment in court that a person who has been hurt in an accident was partly responsible for their own injuries because they failed to act in a way that could have prevented the accident or the injuriesBlaming and accusingCourt cases, orders and decisions
(Definition of contributory negligence noun from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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