Contributory negligence

Dictionary: 
Ballentine's Law Dictionary

Negligence of a plaintiff contributing, with the defendant’s negligence, as a cause to the plaintiff’s own injury. See 59 Conn. 261, 21 Am. St. Rep. 104.

Author: 
James A. Ballentine
Publisher: 
The Bobbs-Merrill Company
Year Published: 
1916
Genre: 
Law Dictionary