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negligence

A legal doctrine providing that one may be liable to another if (1) he or she owes a legal duty to the other; (2) he or she materially breaches that duty; (3) the breach is the proximate cause of the other's injury; and (4) the other person suffers damages... Read More

negligent entrustment

A tort in which one or more persons give, lend, or allow someone to use, or should have anticipated that the person would use, a dangerous instrumentality to injure another... Read More

negra

Street name, slang, or code word for heroin... Read More

negra tomasa

Street name, slang, or code word for heroin... Read More

negrita

Street name, slang, or code word for heroin... Read More

nembies

Street name, slang, or code word for barbiturates... Read More

neonatal abstinence syndrome

A group of problems that occur in a newborn who was exposed to addictive opiate drugs (e... Read More

neonate

A term used to refer to a newborn infant who is less than 28 days old... Read More

neovascularization

A term used to refer to the excessive presence or abnormal location of the formation of new blood vessels (angiogenesis)... Read More

net working capital

The excess of total current assets over total current liabilities... Read More

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