Culpa
Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia · John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914
Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia
A fault; negligence.
Jones, Bailm. 8.
Culpa is to be distinguished from dolus, the latter being a trick for the purpose of deception, the former merely a negligence. There are three degrees of culpa: lata culpa, gross fault or neglect; levis culpa, ordinary fault or neglect; levissima culpa, slight fault or neglect; and the definitions of these degrees are precisely the same as those in our law.
Story, Bailm. § 18; Waltham Bank v. Wright, 8 Allen (Mass.) 122; Woodman v. Nottingham, 49 N. H. 387, 6 Am. Rep. 526.
See Negligence.
See Negligence.