three wicked sisters

Slang. The three doctrines — contributory negligence, the fellow-servant rule, and assumption of the risk — used by 19th-century courts to deny recovery to workers injured on the job.

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词条贡献者

译者Terris，毕业于国内一流的高级翻译学院，擅长翻译各种与政府合同相关的法律文件。