N.D. Cent. Code § 1-01-15: Degrees of care and diligence - Definition

Slight care or diligence means such as a person of ordinary prudence usually exercises about that person's own affairs of slight importance. Ordinary care or diligence means such as a person usually exercises about that person's own affairs of ordinary importance. Great care or diligence means such as a person usually exercises about that person's own affairs of great importance.