FAULT

In the civil law. Negligence; want of care. An improper act or ·omi ion, injurious to another, and transpiring through negligence, rashne , or ignorance. 'I:here are in law three degrees ot faults,- the gro , the slight, and the very slight fault. The gro fault is that which proceeds trom inexcusable negligence or ignorance; it is considered as nearly equal to fraud. The slight fault is that want ot care which a prudent man usually takes of his busine . The very slight.fault is that which is excusable, and tor which no responsibility 1s incurred. Civil Code La. art. 8556, par. 13. In American law. Negligence; an error or detect of judgment or of conduct; any deviation trom prudence, duty, or rectitude; any shortcoming or neglect of care or performance restJlting from inattention, incapacity, or perversity; a wrong tendency, course, or act. Railroad Co. v. Berry, 2 Ind. A.pp. 427, 28 N. m 714; Railway Co. v. Austin, 104 Ga. 614, 80 S. E. 770; School Dlst. v. Boston, H. & m R. Co., 102 Ma . 553, 3 Am. Rep. 502; D8rr v. Harkne , 49 N. J. Law, 571, 10 Atl. 400, 60 Am. Rep. 656. In commercial law. Defect; imperfection; blemish. · See [s. 491]