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  • adjective law Not negligent.

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non- +‎ negligent

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  • For comparison, the rate of murder and nonnegligent manslaughter in U.S. cities per 100,000 people in 2007 was 46 in Detroit, 45 in Baltimore, 40 in St. Louis, 31 in Washington, D.C., and 27 in Philadelphia.

    The Return Daniel Treisman 2011

  • If the speech is on matters of private concern (an ill-defined category, see pp. 47 – 51 of this article), it could conceivably be criminalized even if the speaker made a negligent error, or perhaps even a nonnegligent error; but I know of no caselaw onthat.

    The Volokh Conspiracy » At Least About 200 Criminal Libel/Slander Prosecutions in Virginia from 2001 to 2008 2010

  • For comparison, the rate of murder and nonnegligent manslaughter in U.S. cities per 100,000 people in 2007 was 46 in Detroit, 45 in Baltimore, 40 in St. Louis, 31 in Washington, D.C., and 27 in Philadelphia.

    The Return Daniel Treisman 2011

  • For comparison, the rate of murder and nonnegligent manslaughter in U.S. cities per 100,000 people in 2007 was 46 in Detroit, 45 in Baltimore, 40 in St. Louis, 31 in Washington, D.C., and 27 in Philadelphia.

    The Return Daniel Treisman 2011

  • For comparison, the rate of murder and nonnegligent manslaughter in U.S. cities per 100,000 people in 2007 was 46 in Detroit, 45 in Baltimore, 40 in St. Louis, 31 in Washington, D.C., and 27 in Philadelphia.

    The Return Daniel Treisman 2011

  • If the speech is on matters of private concern an ill-defined category, see pp. 47–51 of this article, it could conceivably be criminalized even if the speaker made a negligent error, or perhaps even a nonnegligent error; but I know of no caselaw onthat.

    The Volokh Conspiracy » At Least About 200 Criminal Libel/Slander Prosecutions in Virginia from 2001 to 2008 2010

  • Of the violent crimes, the estimated number of murders and nonnegligent manslaughters increased 1.8 percent, and that of robberies increased 7.2 percent (FBI Release its 2006 Crime Statistics, FBI, www. fbi.gov/pressre1/pressre107/cius092407. htm).

    Human Rights Record of United States in 2007 2008

  • This index consists of the combined rate of murder and nonnegligent manslaughter, forcible rape, robbery, assault, burglary, larceny and auto theft per 100,000 population.

    PoeticaL trulypoetic 2004

  • [2] Over the same time period there were over 32,000 murders and nonnegligent manslaughters reported in the general population.

    Conservapedia - Recent changes [en] Thunkful 2010

  • [2] Over the same time period there were over 32,000 murders and nonnegligent manslaughters reported in the general population.

    Conservapedia - Recent changes [en] 2010

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