Unjustifiable neglect; neglect that implies more than unintentional inadvertence. • A finding of inexcusable neglect in, for example, failing to file an answer to a complaint will prevent the setting aside of a default judgment. [Cases: Federal Civil Procedure 2656; Judgment 362. C.J.S. Judgments § 320.]
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excusable neglect 可原谅的疏忽 指当事人未在适当期限内为适当行为，并非是由于其粗心、不注意或无视法庭的诉讼程序，而是因为出现了某些无法预见或不可避免的意外，或是因为信赖其诉讼代理人的谨慎或对方当事人的允诺而造成的。因此，法律一般都授权法庭允许当事人在应进行该行为的期限届满以后可以继续进行由于出现上述原因而未能进行的行为。
A failure — which the law will excuse — to take some proper step at the proper time (esp. in neglecting to answer a lawsuit) not because of the party’s own carelessness, inattention, or willful disregard of the court’s process, but because of some unexpected or unavoidable hindrance or accident or because of reliance on
inexcusable neglect 不可宽恕、辩解的过失 意味着毫无疑问的明显的错误判断，不仅仅是一般人基于人性的通病难免会有的疏忽或过失。
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excusable, adj. (Of an illegal act or omission) not punishable under the specific circumstances (excusable neglect).
inadvertence n. 疏漏；疏忽 指由于粗心大意、漫不经心而未注意到。主要用于列举某一判决可能被撤销的理由的法律或规则中，包括如「错误」〔mistake〕、「疏忽」〔inadvertence〕、「意外」〔surprise〕或「可原谅的疏忽」〔excusable neglect〕等。
motion for relief from the judgment. A party’s request that the court correct a clerical mistake in the judgment — that is, a mistake that results in the judgment’s incorrectly reflecting the court’s intentions — or relieve the party from the judgment because of such matters as (1) inadvertence, surprise, or excusable neglect, (2) newly
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