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Culpa levis
“Ordinary negligence.”
Roman legal term
Translation
What does “Culpa levis” mean?
Culpa levis translates as “Ordinary negligence.”
It means failing to show the care that a careful, reasonable person would take. It is the everyday standard of fault in many contracts and accidents.
Origin
The story behind it
Part of the Roman and later civil-law scale of fault, between culpa lata (gross) and culpa levissima (slightest).
When to use it
How to use “Culpa levis”
A clear term for an insurance or tort-law course on the normal standard of care.
- Latin
- Culpa levis
- English
- Ordinary negligence.
- Source
- Roman legal term
- Era
- Legal Latin
- Theme
- Responsibility
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