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Assertion (A) : Negligence as a tort is the breach of legal duty to take care which results in damage.…

Negligence as a tort is the breach of a legal duty to take care resulting in damage, and the law recognises carelessness only where a legal duty of care exists. The reason…

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Assertion (A) : Negligence as a tort is the breach of legal duty to take care which results in damage.

Reason (R) : In the tort of negligence law takes cognizance of carelessness only if it is supported by the legal duty to care.

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Negligence as a tort is the breach of a legal duty to take care resulting in damage, and the law recognises carelessness only where a legal duty of care exists. The reason explains why mere carelessness is not actionable without a duty, so "Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A)."

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