Negligence
Law. Failure to exercise the degree of care considered reasonable under the circumstances, resulting in an unintended injury to another party.
failure to act with the prudence that a reasonable person would exercise under the same circumstances
criminal negligence: a gross deviation from the standard of care expected of a reasonable person that is manifest in a failure to protect others from a risk (as of death) deriving from one's conduct and that renders one criminally liable. called also culpable negligence
gross negligence: negligence that is marked by conduct that presents an unreasonably high degree of risk to others and by a failure to exercise even the slightest care in protecting them from it and that is sometimes associated with conscious and willful indifference to their rights —see also RECKLESSNESS
