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過失割合
【 かしつわりあい 】
1. [n]
▶ percentage of fault (assigned to the involved parties in a traffic accident etc. for insurance purposes)
▶ comparative fault
▶ comparative negligence



History:
2. A 2022-02-18 05:51:29  Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
1. A* 2022-02-17 12:47:03  Marcus Richert <...address hidden...>
  Refs: 
gg5
https://www.merriam-webster.com/legal/comparative fault
: a doctrine in torts in which the fault attributable to each party is compared and any award to the plaintiff is reduced in proportion to the plaintiff's share of the fault : COMPARATIVE NEGLIGENCE sense b at negligence
https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/negligence#legalDictionary
comparative negligence \ kəm-​ˈpar-​ə-​tiv-​ \
1a: negligence of one among multiple parties involved in an injury that is measured (as in percentages) according to the degree of its contribution to the injury
  Comments: 
not [law] I don't think (I think this is just for insurance purposes but I'm not 100% sure)

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