Nevada Code § 42.001

Definitions; exceptions
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As
used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires and except as
otherwise provided in subsection 5 of NRS
42.005 :
1. Conscious disregard means the
knowledge of the probable harmful consequences of a wrongful act and a willful
and deliberate failure to act to avoid those consequences.
2. Fraud means an intentional
misrepresentation, deception or concealment of a material fact known to the
person with the intent to deprive another person of his or her rights or
property or to otherwise injure another person.
3. Malice, express or implied means
conduct which is intended to injure a person or despicable conduct which is
engaged in with a conscious disregard of the rights or safety of others.
4. Oppression means despicable conduct
that subjects a person to cruel and unjust hardship with conscious disregard of
the rights of the person.

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