Voluntary standard
Definition
A consensus document representing best practice at the time of publication, departure from which is relevant but not conclusive evidence of negligence. The engineer must still have had reason to know of the standard.
Related terms
- Mandatory code
- A standard incorporated by reference into statute or regulation, such that violation constitutes a legal breach and may support negligence per se...
- Negligence per se
- A common law doctrine under which violation of a statute or mandatory code is treated as automatic breach of the duty of...
- NFPA 921
- US National Fire Protection Association Guide for Fire and Explosion Investigations. The internationally accepted methodology Indian fire investigators and SFSL fire divisions...
- Standard of care
- The level of skill, knowledge, and practice that a reasonably competent engineer in the same discipline and jurisdiction would have exercised under...
- State of the art
- The level of technical knowledge and practice available at the time of design or construction, used in some jurisdictions as a defence...
Explained in
- Engineering Standards and Codes in Failure AnalysisA consensus document representing best practice at the time of publication, departure from which is relevant but not conclusive evidence of negligence. The eng...