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Negligence

A civil wrong whereby a person breaches a duty of care owed to another causing them loss. It occurs as a result of a failure to do something that a prudent and reasonable person would do; or alternatively doing something that a prudent and reasonable person would not do. It is a tort giving rise to civil liability.