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negligent entrustment

negligent entrustment noun: a tort cause of action that arises where a party is injured because the other party entrusted a dangerous instrumentality (such as a vehicle or a weapon) to a person whom the other party knew or reasonably should have known should not be trusted with that instrumentality.

Noun

negligent entrustment (uncountable)

  1. A tort cause of action that arises where a party is injured because the other party entrusted a dangerous instrumentality (such as a vehicle or a weapon) to a person whom the other party knew or reasonably should have known should not be trusted with that instrumentality.

Questions about negligent entrustment

What does negligent entrustment mean?
Negligent entrustment means a tort cause of action that arises where a party is injured because the other party entrusted a dangerous instrumentality (such as a vehicle or a weapon) to a person whom the other party knew or reasonably should have known should not be trusted with that instrumentality.
What part of speech is negligent entrustment?
Negligent entrustment is a noun.

Words near negligent entrustment in the dictionary

  1. negligence per se
  2. negligences
  3. negligencies
  4. negligency
  5. negligent
  6. negligent entrustment
  7. negligently
  8. negligibilities
  9. negligibility
  10. negligible
  11. negligible set

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