Recklessness
Defined in 2 dictionaries — Bouvier (1914), Black's (1910)
Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia
John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914
An indifference whether wrong is done or not. An indifference to the rights of others. Recklessness and wantonness are stronger terms than mere or ordinary negligence. Kansas Pac. R. Co. v. Whipple, 39 Kan. 531, 18 Pac. 730.
Black's Law Dictionary
Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
Rashness; heedlessness; wanton conduct The state of mind accompanying an act, which either pays no regard to its probably or possibly injurious consequences, or which, though foreseeing such consequences, persists in spite of such knowledge. See Railroad Co. v. Bodemer, 139 III. 596, 29 N. E. 692, 32 Am. St. Rep. 218; Com. v. Pierce, 138 Mass. 165, 52 Am. Rep. 264; Railway Co. v. Whipple, 39 Kan. 531, 18 Pac. 730; Eddy v. Powell, 49 Fed 817, 1 C. C. A. 448; Harrison v. State, 37 Ala. 156.