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diligence

diligence n. (1)谨慎;注意;勤勉 在特定情况下对某人所要求的注意义务,与「negligence」相对。在罗马法中的对应词为「diligentia」,意谓注意、无过失,在现代英语,此词义已不常用,但作为法律措词的古语仍保留至今。普通法与罗马法对于注意均分成三种不同的程度:一般注意〔ordinary diligence (diligentia)〕;特别注意〔extraordinary diligence (exactissima diligentia)〕和轻微注意〔slight diligence (levissima diligentia)〕 。(→care) (2)〈苏格兰〉强制(执行债务)令 债权人通过该种法律形式而强制债务人偿付债务,它通常是在法院作出支付判决的基础上进行的。包括以下形式:1通过民事拘禁方式而对人强制(目前已废止);2对可继承不动产的强制,包括对地产的判决、禁令和扣押、对财产的评估与拍卖等;3对动产的强制,包括扣押、冻结、拍卖,以及对土地保有人财产的拍卖和对破产者的商业性查封。 (3)强制证人出庭或出示文件之令状

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malpractice

malpractice (mal-prak-tis). An instance of negligence or incompetence on the part of a professional. • To succeed in a malpractice claim, a plaintiff must also prove proximate cause and damages. — Also termed professional negligence. [Cases: Negligence 321. C.J.S. Negligence § 162.] legal malpractice. A lawyer’s failure to render professional services with the skill, prudence,

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due care

due care 应有的注意;适当的注意;具体情况所要求的正当、合适和充分的注意 一个通情达理的人〔reasonable person〕或普通谨慎的人〔ordinary prudent person or man of ordinary prudence〕在相同或相似情况下将会给予的注意。它与「合理注意」〔reasonable care〕或「一般注意」〔ordinary care〕同义。 (→due diligence; reasonable care)

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legal malpractice

A lawyer’s failure to render professional services with the skill, prudence, and diligence that an ordinary and reasonable lawyer would use under similar circumstances. — Also termed attorney malpractice. [Cases: Attorney and Client 107. C.J.S. Attorney and Client §§ 254, 256–257.]

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