Contributory
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Contributing to the same stock or purpose; promoting the sameend; bringing assistance to some joint design, or increase to somecommon stock; contributive. Milton.Bonfires of contributory wood. Chapman.Contributory negligence (Law), negligence by an injured party, whichcombines with the negligence of the injurer in producing the injury,and which bars recovery when it is the proximate cause of the injury.Wharton.
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