 | Abraham Clark Freeman - 1898 - 1034 էջ
...prudence, and forethought as under the circumstances duty requires should be given and exercised. It is the omission to do something which a reasonable man, guided by those considerations which ordinarily regulate the conduct of human affairs, would do, or doing something... | |
 | Abraham Clark Freeman - 1899 - 996 էջ
...Min. Co., 15 Utah, 189; 62 Am. St. Rep. 016, and note. NEGLIGENCE— LIABILITY FOR— WHEN EXISTS.— Negligence is the omission to do something which a reasonable man. guided by those consideration which ordinarily regulate the conduct of human affairs, would do, or the doing... | |
 | Reinhard Zimmermann, D. P. Visser - 1996 - 1218 էջ
...248; Lawson, (1947) 22 Tulane LR 118; Beinart, (1949) 12 THRHR 157. 26 Zimmermann (n. 18), 1036. 27 'Negligence is the omission to do something which a reasonable man, guided upon those considerations which ordinarily regulate the conduct of human affairs, would do, or doing... | |
 | Peter Stone - 1997 - 344 էջ
...failure to attend. Negligence means the omission to do something which a reasonable man, guided by those considerations which ordinarily regulate the conduct...something which a prudent and reasonable man would not do. It is, I believe now pertinent to look further into this offense of negligence, and we are given a... | |
 | David Kelly, Ann Holmes - 2002 - 687 էջ
...of duty occurs if the defendant: ... fails to do something which a reasonable man, guided upon those considerations which ordinarily regulate the conduct of human affairs, would do; or does something which a prudent and reasonable man would not do [per Alderson B]. The test is an objective... | |
 | A. F. Young - 1998 - 200 էջ
...of an 'absolute' standard. It implies5 'not doing something which a reasonable man, guided by those considerations which ordinarily regulate the conduct...which a prudent and reasonable man would not do'. Such a delinition of 'care' bristles with difficulties and has been differently interpreted as changes... | |
 | David J. Ibbetson - 2001 - 356 էջ
...of negligence was the crisp defmition of Alderson B. in Blyth v. Birnungham il'ttrer\wrks in l856; 'Negligence is the omission to do something which a reasonable man. guided upon those considerations t The material on the histori of negligence in this chapter is developed... | |
 | Thomas A. Street - 1999 - 540 էջ
...out of sight. 7 The idea was once expressed by Alderson, B., in words that have often been quoted: " Negligence is the omission to do something which a reasonable man, guided upon those considerations which ordinarily regulate the con- Chapter duct of human affairs, would do;... | |
 | Graham Stephenson - 2000 - 686 էջ
...discussion is traditionally the brief statement of Alderson B in Blyth v Birmingham Waterworks Co:1 Negligence is the omission to do something which a reasonable man, guided upon those considerations which ordinarily regulate the conduct of human affairs, would do, or doing... | |
 | Jack Rostron - 2001 - 425 էջ
...pollution in the river which was so concentrated that it was clearly going to be damaging to crops. Negligence is: ... the omission to do something which a reasonable man guided upon those considerations which ordinarily regulate the conduct of human affairs, would do, or do something... | |
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Negligence is the omission to do something which a reasonable man, guided upon those considerations which ordinarily regulate the conduct of human affairs, would do, or doing something which a prudent and reasonable man would not do. 
