ordinary diligence
Definitions from Case Law · United States Supreme Court
Definitions from Case Law
From 69 U.S. 191 - Chittenden v. Brewster · 1864Most cited · 69 citing opinions
common or ordinary diligence, such as prudent men exercise in respect to their own private affairs
How often courts cite the cases defining “ordinary diligence”
Court decisions citing the 2 opinions that defined “ordinary diligence” — 86 in all, by decade. Counts are citations to the defining cases as a whole, not verified uses of the term. The dip in the most recent years is a data-coverage gap, not a real trend — our corpus holds fewer opinions from the latest years.
All 2 definitions, chronological · 1864–1870
Ordinary diligence, like most other human qualifications or characteristics, is a relative term, to be judged of by the nature of the subject to which it is directed.