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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