CONTRIBUTORIES
CONTRIBUTORY
Con*trib"u*to*ry, a.
Definition: Contributing to the same stock or purpose; promoting the same
end; bringing assistance to some joint design, or increase to some
common stock; contributive. Milton.
Bonfires of contributory wood. Chapman.
Contributory negligence (Law), negligence by an injured party, which
combines with the negligence of the injurer in producing the injury,
and which bars recovery when it is the proximate cause of the injury.
Wharton.
Con*trib"u*to*ry, n.; pl. Contributories (.
Definition: One who contributes, or is liable to be called upon to
contribute, as toward the discharge of a common indebtedness. Abbott.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition