What is CULPABLE? Definition of CULPABLE in Black's Law Dictionary - Legal dictionary - Glossary of legal terms.
Blamable; censurable; involving the breach of a legal duty or the commission of a fault. The term is not necessarily equivalent to "criminal," for, in present use, and notwithstanding its derivation, it implies that the act or conduct spoken of is reprehensible or wrong but not that it involves malice or a guilty purpose. "Culpable" in fact connotes fault rather than guilt. Railway Co. v. Clayberg, 107 Ill. 651; Cain v. State, 55 Ga. App. 376, 190 S.E. 371, 374.
As to culpable "Homicide," "Ignorance," "Neglect," and "Negligence," "Wantonness," see those titles. It also means that which is deserving of moral blame. Mercury Motor Transport v. State ex rel. Motor Vehicle Com'r, 197 Miss. 387, 21 So.2d 25, 28.
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