PRAESTATIO CULPAE LEVIS

By SovConn | July 25, 2014

praestatio culpae levis (pri-stay-shee-oh k<<schwa>>l-pee lee-vis). [Law Latin] Hist. An obligation for the middle degree of diligence — that is, the diligence and care required by a person of ordinary prudence. • This phrase was a forerunner of the modern terms reasonable care and reasonable person.

[Blacks Law 8th]

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