Degrees of care and diligence - Definition
N.D. Cent. Code § 1-01-15
in effect1-01-15. Degrees of care and diligence - Definition
Slight care or diligence means such as a person of ordinary prudence usually exercises
about that person's own affairs of slight importance. Ordinary care or diligence means such as a
person usually exercises about that person's own affairs of ordinary importance. Great care or
diligence means such as a person usually exercises about that person's own affairs of great
importance.
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