foreseeability
Can be predicted
Foreseeability is the quality of being predictable or reasonably anticipated.
The term appears most often in legal contexts, where liability often depends on whether harm was foreseeable: The court ruled that foreseeability of injury was the key issue.
Insurance and risk assessment also hinge on what outcomes a reasonable person could have predicted.
Failure to exercise care
- tortActionable civil harm
- liabilityLegal or financial obligation
- duty of careObligation to act reasonably
- standard of careMinimum acceptable professional conduct
reasonableness · breach · damages · harm · risk assessment · causation · plaintiff · defendant
Capacity to be anticipated
- probabilityQuantified chance of occurrence
- likelihoodChance something will occur
- anticipationState of awaiting something
- expectationBelief about future outcomes
estimation · prognosis · extrapolation · forecasting · projection · calculation · conjecture · hypothesis
Identifying and minimizing threats
- contingencyUncertain possible event
- preparationArranging things in advance
- due diligencePre-transaction reasonable care
- mitigationReduction of severity
strategy · forecasting · projection · budgeting · resource allocation · risk assessment · preparedness · proactive
Careful attention to risk
- prudenceCareful, wise judgment
- vigilanceState of keen awareness
- circumspectionCareful consideration of consequences
- heedfulnessQuality of being alert
awareness · carefulness · precaution · discretion · wariness · mindfulness · watchfulness · alertness
negligence
Failure to exercise care
- tortActionable civil harm
- liabilityLegal or financial obligation
- duty of careObligation to act reasonably
standard of care · reasonableness · breach · damages · harm · risk assessment · causation · plaintiff · defendant · culpability
predictability
Capacity to be anticipated
- probabilityQuantified chance of occurrence
- likelihoodChance something will occur
- anticipationState of awaiting something
expectation · estimation · prognosis · extrapolation · forecasting · projection · calculation · conjecture · hypothesis · speculation
risk management
Identifying and minimizing threats
- contingencyUncertain possible event
- preparationArranging things in advance
- due diligencePre-transaction reasonable care
mitigation · strategy · forecasting · projection · budgeting · resource allocation · risk assessment · preparedness · proactive · preventive measures
caution
Careful attention to risk
- prudenceCareful, wise judgment
- vigilanceState of keen awareness
- circumspectionCareful consideration of consequences
heedfulness · awareness · carefulness · precaution · discretion · wariness · mindfulness · watchfulness · alertness · risk-averse
- legal causationcausal chain, direct cause, sine qua non, indirect cause, causal link
- legal principlesgood faith, duty of care, burden of proof, proportionality, justification
- tort lawtort, tort law, negligence, duty of care, breach of duty
- tortstort, negligence, tortfeasor, torts, tort law
- negligence lawduty of care, standard of care, breach of duty, reasonable care, reasonable person
- premises liabilityduty of care, slip and fall, injury claims, damage claims, liability claims
foreseeabilityunforeseeability
Quality of eluding prediction
unpredictability · randomness · chance · uncertainty · contingency
foresee, foresight, unforeseen, foreseen, foreseeable, prescience, prescient, foresees, foreseeing