cautious

cautious
Prudent; in a secondary sense, the term, standing without the qualification of" "reasonably," implies, to some people at least, the idea of being fearful, timorous, or overly prudent. Jenkins v Gilligan, 131 Iowa 176, 108 NW 237. There may be an infinitesimal shade of difference between "cautious" and "prudent," but a reasonably prudent person and a reasonably cautious person are substantially the same, and possess identical significance for all practical purposes. Certainly the words "cautious" and "prudent" are used interchangeably in defining negligence. Malcolm v Mooresville Cotton Mills, 191 NC 727, 730, 133 SE 7.

Ballentine's law dictionary. . 1998.

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