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wilful neglect

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meanings of wilfuland neglect


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wilful
adjective
uk /ˈwɪl.fəl/ us /ˈwɪl.fəl/
(of something bad) done intentionally or (of a person) determined to do exactly as you want, even if you know it ...
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neglect
noun[U]
uk /nɪˈɡlekt/ us /nɪˈɡlekt/
a situation in which you do not give enough care or attention to someone or something, or the state of not receiving enough care ...
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Examples of wilful neglect


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Is he aware that if he were a local councillor he would be surcharged for wilfulneglect?
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The report is a complete catalogue of sloppy and indifferent management, even wilfulneglect bordering on sheer wickedness.
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The husband, though absent, was represented by a solicitor who admitted the desertion and wilfulneglect.
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It did until 1958, when the remedy of maintenance for wilfulneglect to maintenance was introduced.
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Clause 6 refers to wilfulneglect and to the situation of the wife or husband wilfully neglecting to pay reasonable maintenance.
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They might cover a great many cases of wilfulneglect.
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Such cases of wilfulneglect have occurred, and doubtless are occurring.
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I also echo his hope that we shall shortly be able to introduce provisions preventing the wilfulneglect of listed buildings.
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I therefore believe that wilfulneglect in this context would be an unreasonably high standard to prove.
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The attitude of magistrates' courts to concepts like wilfulneglect and other matters is highly variable.
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Who is to decide the wilfulneglect in this case?
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In existing law it is necessary to show that a failure to provide reasonable maintenance is due to wilfulneglect.
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In too many cases, this is not through wilfulneglect but because many developing countries lack the resources to pursue more sustainable forms of development.
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A wife is often in a situation of great hardship in having to ensure that wilfulneglect has taken place.
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That difficulty, of course, would confront any woman who went to the magistrates' courts to-day and alleged that her husband was guilty of wilfulneglect.
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It could not at any stage be said that she was the victim of wilfulneglect, though certainly she was a victim.
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There are to be six criminal offences, the main one being the refusal or wilfulneglect to pay the national minimum wage.
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I believe that it is nothing short of criminal and wilfulneglect and irresponsibility to allow such massive expenditure without some research.
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But we have not at the present moment any adequate powers to prevent their destruction by negative action; that is, by wilfulneglect.
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It is not wilfulneglect, but neglect born of familiarity and complacency.
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