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Imperitia

Defined in 5 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Ballentine's (1916), Black's (1910), Kinney (1893), Stimson (1881)

The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary

Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922

Unskillfulness.

Ballentine's Law Dictionary

James A. Ballentine · 1916

Unskillfulness.

Black's Law Dictionary

Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910

Lat Unskillfuiness; want of skill.

A Law Dictionary and Glossary

George C. Kinney · 1893

I. Unskilfulness. Imperitia culpae adnnmeratur: want of skill is reckoned as culpa; that is, as blamable conduct or neglect. Imperitia est maxima mechanicorum pcena: unskilfulness is the greatest punishment of mechanics; [that is, from its effect in making them liable to those by whom they are employed.]

Glossary of Technical Terms, Phrases, and Maxims of the Common Law

Frederic Jesup Stimson · 1881

Lat. Unskilfulness. Imperite: unskilfully. Imperitia culpae adnumeratur: want of skill is reckoned a fault [culpable negligence].