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re-entrustment

re-entrustment noun: a repeated act of entrustment, whether continuing entrustment in the entrusted party, or passing entrustment on to a new party.

Noun

re-entrustment (countable and uncountable, plural re-entrustments)

  1. A repeated act of entrustment, whether continuing entrustment in the entrusted party, or passing entrustment on to a new party.
    • Where the re-entrustment is not consented to, the agent shall bear liability for the acts of the third person, unless the agent needs to re-entrust such matters for the protection of the interests of principal due to an emergency.1999, Xianggang Zhongguo, China Patents & Trademarks, page 102

Forms of re-entrustment

pluralre-entrustments

Origin of re-entrustment

From re- + entrustment.

Questions about re-entrustment

What does re-entrustment mean?
Re-entrustment means a repeated act of entrustment, whether continuing entrustment in the entrusted party, or passing entrustment on to a new party.
What part of speech is re-entrustment?
Re-entrustment is a noun.
What is the plural of re-entrustment?
The plural of re-entrustment is re-entrustments.

Words near re-entrustment in the dictionary

  1. re-entries
  2. re-entring
  3. re-entrust
  4. re-entrusted
  5. re-entrusting
  6. re-entrustment
  7. re-entrustments
  8. re-entrusts
  9. re-entry
  10. re-entry card
  11. re-entry cards

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