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Webster 1913 Edition


Culpa

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Cul′pa

(kŭl′pȧ)
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Noun.
[L.]
(Law)
Negligence or fault, as distinguishable from dolus (deceit, fraud), which implies intent, culpa being imputable to defect of intellect, dolus to defect of heart.
Wharton.