Match seven of the legal terms (a-j)with the definitions provided below (1-7):
a.Common law
b.Constructive fraud
c.Breach of contract
d.Joint and several liability
e.Ordinary negligence
f.Third-party beneficiary
g.Gross negligence
h.Statutory law
i.Fraud
j.Separate and proportionate liability
________ 1.Laws that have been passed by the U.S.Congress and other governmental units.
________ 2.Absence of reasonable care that can be expected of a person in a set of circumstances.
________ 3.Lack of even slight care,tantamount to reckless behavior that can be expected of a person.
________ 4.The assessment against a defendant of that portion of the damage caused by the defendant's negligence.
________ 5.Failure of one or both parties in a contract to fulfill the requirements of the contract.
________ 6.The assessment against a defendant of the full loss suffered by a plaintiff regardless of the extent to which other parties shared in the wrongdoing.
________ 7.Existence of extreme or unusual negligence even though there was no intent to deceive or do harm; also termed recklessness.
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