- gross fault
- extreme fault, extremely improper behavior, criminal behavior
English contemporary dictionary. 2014.
gross fault
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fault — n [Anglo French faute lack, failing, ultimately from Latin fallere to deceive, disappoint] 1: a usu. intentional act forbidden by law; also: a usu. intentional omission to do something (as to exercise due care) required by law see also negligence … Law dictionary
gross — Great; culpable; general; absolute. A thing in gross exists in its own right, and not as an appendage to another thing. Before or without diminution or deduction. Whole; entire; total; as the gross sum, amount, weight opposed to net. State v.… … Black's law dictionary
gross — Great; culpable; general; absolute. A thing in gross exists in its own right, and not as an appendage to another thing. Before or without diminution or deduction. Whole; entire; total; as the gross sum, amount, weight opposed to net. State v.… … Black's law dictionary
major and minor fault rule — Vessel guilty of gross fault has burden of showing that other vessel committed a plain fault. General Seafoods Corporation v. J. S. Packard Dredging Co., C.C.A.Mass., 120 F.2d 117, 119, 120. Where fault on part of one vessel is established by… … Black's law dictionary
major and minor fault rule — Vessel guilty of gross fault has burden of showing that other vessel committed a plain fault. General Seafoods Corporation v. J. S. Packard Dredging Co., C.C.A.Mass., 120 F.2d 117, 119, 120. Where fault on part of one vessel is established by… … Black's law dictionary
Magna negligentia culpa est; magna culpa dolus est — Gross negligence is fault; gross fault is equivalent to fraud. Beers v Boston & Albany Railroad Co. 67 Conn 417, 34 A 541 … Ballentine's law dictionary
lata culpa — Gross fault or neglect … Ballentine's law dictionary
negligence — neg·li·gence / ne gli jəns/ n: failure to exercise the degree of care expected of a person of ordinary prudence in like circumstances in protecting others from a foreseeable and unreasonable risk of harm in a particular situation; also: conduct… … Law dictionary
fraud — n [Latin fraud fraus] 1 a: any act, expression, omission, or concealment calculated to deceive another to his or her disadvantage; specif: a misrepresentation or concealment with reference to some fact material to a transaction that is made with… … Law dictionary
magna negligentia culpa est; magna culpa dolus est — /maegna neglajensh(iy)a kalpa est; meegna kalpa dowlas est/ Gross negligence is fault; gross fault is fraud … Black's law dictionary
