What does criminal negligence mean?

Definitions for criminal negligence
crim·i·nal neg·li·gence

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. criminal negligence, culpable negligencenoun

    (law) recklessly acting without reasonable caution and putting another person at risk of injury or death (or failing to do something with the same consequences)

Wiktionary

  1. criminal negligencenoun

    Failure to use reasonable care, and thus put someone at risk of injury or death.

Wikipedia

  1. Criminal negligence

    In criminal law, criminal negligence is an offence that involves a breach of an objective standard of behaviour expected of a defendant. It may be contrasted with strictly liable offences, which do not consider states of mind in determining criminal liability, or offenses that requires mens rea, a mental state of guilt.

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  1. criminal negligence

    Criminal negligence refers to a legal term that describes an individual's reckless behavior, lack of reasonable care or total disregard for other people's safety or property that results in harm, injury or damage. This kind of negligence is usually so severe that it warrants criminal charges, as it clearly violates standards of acceptable conduct within society. Legally, it's often said to occur when an person fails to be aware of substantial and unjustifiable risk associated with his/her actions.

Wikidata

  1. Criminal negligence

    In criminal law, criminal negligence is one of the three general classes of mens rea element required to constitute a conventional as opposed to strict liability offense. It is defined as an act that is:

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of criminal negligence in Chaldean Numerology is: 4

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of criminal negligence in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7

Examples of criminal negligence in a Sentence

  1. District Attorney Mary Carmack-Altwies:

    It will take many more facts, corroborated facts, before we can get to that criminal negligence standard.

  2. Journalist Senan Molony:

    This isn’t a simple story of colliding with an iceberg and sinking, it’s a perfect storm of extraordinary factors coming together: fire, ice and criminal negligence.

  3. Rachel Fiset:

    At this point, any type of criminal negligence will be fully examined as it relates to all involved, however, as it appears now [Zachry] is most likely to serve only as a witness of this horrific incident and not face charges.


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