Legal Dictionary of Pakistan
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Contributory
adj. 1. Tending to bring about a result. 2. (Of a pension fund) that receives contributions from both the employer and the employees.
Noncontributory
adj. 1. Not involved in something. 2. (Of an employee benefit plan) funded solely by the employer.
contributory
See INFRINGEMENT.
contributory infringement.
1. The act of participating in, or contributing to, the infringing acts of another person. ( For contributory infringement, the law imposes vicarious liability. 2. Patents. The act of aiding or abetting another person's patent infringement by knowingly selling a nonstaple item that has no substantial noninfringing use and is especially adapted for use in a patented combination or process. ( In the patent context, contributory infringement is statutorily defined in the Patent Act. 35 USCA ยง 271(c). 3. Copyright. The act of either (1) actively inducing, causing, or materially contributing to the infringing conduct of another person, or (2) providing the goods or means necessary to help another person infringe (as by making facilities available for an infringing performance). ( In the copyright context, contributory infringement is a common-law doctrine. 4. Trademarks. A manufacturer's or distributor's conduct in knowingly supplying, for resale, goods bearing an infringing mark.
contributory negligence
1. A plaintiff's own negligence that played a part in causing the plaintiff's injury and that is significant enough (in a few jurisdictions) to bar the plaintiff from recovering damages. ( In most jurisdictions, this defense has been superseded by comparative negligence. See CONTRIBUTORY-NEGLIGENCE DOCTRINE. 2. Rare. The negligence of a third party - neither the plaintiff nor the defendant - whose act or omission played a part in causing the plaintiff's injury. "The contributory negligence of a third party is no excuse for the negligence of the defendant." Thomas E. Holland, The Elements of Jurisprudence 154 (13th ed. 1924).
contributory pension plan
A pension plan in which both the employer and the employee contribute. defined-contribution plan. See EMPLOYEE BENEFIT PLAN.
contributory-negligence doctrine
Torts. The principle that completely bars a plaintiff's recovery if the damage suffered is partly the plaintiff's own fault. ( Most states have abolished this doctrine and have adopted instead a comparative-negligence scheme. See LI- GENCE. Cf. COMPARATIVE-NEGLIGENCE DOCTRINE.
noncontributory pension plan
A pension plan contributed to only by the employer.