Sentences with phrase «lawyer of ordinary prudence»

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Legal malpractice in the 7th Edition of Black's defined as: «A lawyer's failure to exercise the degree of care and skill, prudence, and diligence that an ordinary and reasonable lawyer would use under similar circumstances.

Since the late 1800s, the courts had consistently held that liability would be imposed on attorneys for want of such skill, prudence and diligence as lawyers of ordinary skill and capacity commonly possess and exercise.