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contributory fault
noun
Legal Definition of contributory fault
: responsibility for aiding in the accomplishment of a bad result (as an injury); specifically : responsibility of a promisor for causing his or her promise to be impossible to perform
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Additional Notes on contributory fault
A promisor who is guilty of contributory fault cannot invoke the defense of impossibility.
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