foreseeable
adjective
as far as can be seen.
foreseeability
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a word derived from
foreseeable.
Example Sentences
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“There were warning signs all over the place. … At the end of the day, aren’t we looking at foreseeability more than anything else to determine whether there can be criminal liability that attaches?”
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 7, 2023
“Mere allegations of gang activity and associated general safety concerns in South Central Los Angeles should not be considered in determining foreseeability of the subject incident.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 20, 2022
As more and more adaptive systems enter the physical world, courts will have to re-examine the role foreseeability will play as a fundamental arbiter of proximate causation and fairness.
From Slate ● Mar. 23, 2018
Justice Samuel A. Alito Jr. said “I don’t see how this foreseeability test would work.”
From Washington Post ● Nov. 13, 2013
"At some point the chain of foreseeability becomes so remote that as a matter of law there is a capping of liability."
From The Guardian ● Aug. 1, 2010
