Dne diligence

Such a measure of prudence, activity, or assiduity, as is properly to be expected from, and ordinarily exercised by, a reasonable and prudent man under the particular circumstances ; not measured by any absolute standard, but depending on the relative facts of the special case. Perry v. Cedar Falls, 87 Iowa, 315, 54 N. W. 225; Dillman v. Nadelhoffer, 160 111. 121, 43 N. E. 378; Hendricks v. W U. Tel. Co... 126 N. C. 304, 35 S. E. 548, 78 Am. St Rep. 658; Highland Ditch Co. v. Mumford, 5 Co.lo. 336

Defined under Diligence in Black's Law Dictionary.