Remissness
Dictionary of Terms and Phrases Used in American or English Jurisprudence · Benjamin Vaughan Abbott · 1879
Dictionary of Terms and Phrases Used in American or English Jurisprudence
Implies that the act involved was performed, but was done in a tardy, negligent, or careless manner. The word is not applicable to entire omission or default.
See Baldwin V. United States Telegraph Co., 6 All. Pr. N. 8. 405, 423.