Plant Inv. Co
Categories: Criminal Law
Definition (1910 Edition)
v. Cook, 74 Fed. 503, 20 C. C. A. 625; Began v. Electric Light Co., 100 Ky. 173, 37 S. W. 851, 34 L. R. A. 812; Riley v. Railway Co., 27 W. Va. 164.—Oriminal negligence. Negligence of such a character, or occurring under such circumstances, as to be punishable as a crime by statute; or (at common law) such a flagrant and reckless disregard of the safety of others, or wilful indifference to the injury liable to follow, as to convert an act otherwise lawful into a crime when it results in personal injury or death. 4 Bl. Comm. 192, note; Cook v. Railroad Co. 72 Ga. 48: Rankin v. Transportation Co., 73
Source: Black's Law Dictionary, 2nd Edition (1910) — Public Domain.
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