Wiktionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition: 1  pipes(Noun) A single pipe organ. 2  pipes(Noun) One's vocal capacity, as if one's lungs were composed of pipe-works. 3  pipes(Noun) breasts.
Neglect of Duty. in Soviet criminal law, a type of official crime. Neglect of duty consists in nonfulfillment or improper fulfillment of duties by an official that results in substantial harm to state or social interests or to a citizenâs rights and interests that are protected by law; it is caused by a careless or unconscientious attitude.
Salutary neglect. Salutary neglect is an American history term that refers to the seventeenth- and eighteenth-century British Crown policy of avoiding strict enforcement of parliamentary laws meant to keep American colonies obedient to England. The term comes from Edmund Burke's Speech on Conciliation with America given in the House of Commons March 22, 1775.