See Also: Zingiber(medicine)
zingiber(dictionary)

Negligent (law) and zingiber (iou)


Negligent (law)


A term describing someone who fails to take proper care when he or she should, causing injury or loss to someone else. If a court finds someone has been negligent he or she will normally be made to pay damages to the injured person. (See also duty of care).

zingiber (iou)



zingiber noun. E20.
[mod. Latin (see below): see GINGER noun & adjective1.]
A plant of the genus Zingiber (family Zingiberaceae), which includes the ginger, Z. officinale; the root of such a plant.