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 or Benign Neglect âSalutary neglectâ was the unwritten, unofficial stance of benign neglect by England toward the American colonies. On the whole, the colonists were relatively autonomous and were allowed to govern themselves with minimal royal and parliamentary interference.