Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

crumbling skull rule

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.22 in modern English

Syllables: crum-bling skul-l rule
IPA

29

Scrabble Score

18

Letters

3

Syllables

12

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A common-law rule according to which a defendant is not liable for the plaintiff's conditions or injuries that predate the tort, except to the degree that the tort worsened or hastened that injury or condition.

Inflected Forms

crumbling skull rules (plural)

Questions

What does crumbling skull rule mean?: A common-law rule according to which a defendant is not liable for the plaintiff's conditions or injuries that predate the tort, except to the degree that the tort worsened or hastened that injury or condition.

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