“abstracto”

The following 2 entries include the term abstracto.

culpa levis in abstracto

noun

: ordinary negligence arising from the failure to exercise the very high degree of care that men of good business or very prudent persons would exercise under all the circumstances

in abstracto

adverb

: in or from an abstract point of view : in the abstract


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