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negligence

failure to exercise the care that a reasonably prudent person would exercise in like circumstances
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negligence

Summary

negligence is a tort[1]. negligence draws 675 Wikipedia views per month (tort category, ranking #1 of 2).[2]

Key Facts

  • negligence's instance of is recorded as tort[3].
  • negligence's instance of is recorded as legal term or legal concept[4].
  • negligence is a type of operational risk[5].
  • negligence is a type of oversight[6].
  • negligence is the opposite of diligence[7].
  • negligence comprises mens rea[8].
  • negligence's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Law of negligence[9].
  • negligence's facet of is recorded as tort law[10].
  • negligence's described by source is recorded as English-Chinese Dictionary of Anglo-American Law[11].
  • negligence's described by source is recorded as Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[12].
  • negligence's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[13].
  • negligence's described by source is recorded as Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 1[14].
  • negligence's different from is recorded as criminal negligence[15].

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Context

Recorded instance of include tort[3] and legal term or legal concept[4].

Why It Matters

negligence draws 675 Wikipedia views per month (tort category, ranking #1 of 2).[2] negligence has Wikipedia articles in 25 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[16] negligence is known by 36 alternative names across languages and contexts.[17]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [16] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [17] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 9d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-24 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Facet of → tort law
    Instance of → tort, legal term or legal concept
    Opposite of → diligence
    Instance of → —
    + 8 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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