obvious risk

obvious risk — n. A risk that is easily discovered by a person of ordinary intelligence. The Essential Law Dictionary. Sphinx Publishing, An imprint of Sourcebooks, Inc. Amy Hackney Blackwell. 2008 …   Law dictionary

obvious risk — See obvious danger …   Ballentine's law dictionary

obvious — Easily discovered, seen, or understood; readily perceived by the eye or the intellect; plain; patent; apparent; evident; clear; manifest. Whether a patent is obvious must be determined by considering the scope and content of the prior art, the… …   Black's law dictionary

risk — In insurance law, the danger or hazard of a loss of the property insured; the casualty contemplated in a contract of insurance; the degree of hazard; a specified contingency or peril; and, colloquially, the specific house, factory, ship, etc.,… …   Black's law dictionary

Risk — takers redirects here. For the Canadian television program, see Risk Takers. For other uses, see Risk (disambiguation). Risk is the potential that a chosen action or activity (including the choice of inaction) will lead to a loss (an undesirable… …   Wikipedia

Risk perception — is the subjective judgment that people make about the characteristics and severity of a risk. The phrase is most commonly used in reference to natural hazards and threats to the environment or health, such as nuclear power. Several theories have… …   Wikipedia

obvious danger — A danger which is observable or discoverable in the exercise of reasonable care which persons of ordinary intelligence may be expected to take for their own safety. Hardy v Chicago, R. I. & P. Ry. Co. 139 Iowa 314, 115 NW 8. A risk readily to be… …   Ballentine's law dictionary

Credit risk analyst — Mit informellen Insolvenzprognoseverfahren werden Insolvenzprognoseverfahren bezeichnet, bei denen menschliche Kreditanalysten Insolvenzprognosen auf Basis ihrer Intuition und persönlichen Erfahrung erstellen. Dabei stehen ihnen gegebenenfalls… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

market risk — The risk inherent in dealing on a market where prices may change. The obvious market risks are buying on a market that subsequently falls and selling on a market that rises; these risks can be reduced by hedging (see hedge), especially by means… …   Accounting dictionary

market risk — The risk inherent in dealing on a market where prices may change. The obvious market risks are buying on a market that subsequently falls and selling on a market that rises; these risks can be reduced by hedging (see hedge), especially by means… …   Big dictionary of business and management

Recklessness (law) — In criminal law, recklessness (also called unchariness) is one of the four possible classes of mental state constituting mens rea (the Latin for guilty mind ). To commit an offence of ordinary as opposed to strict liability, the prosecution must… …   Wikipedia