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secondary liability

secondary liability noun: the legal responsibility arising when a party materially contributes to, facilitates, induces or is otherwise responsible for directly infringing acts carried out by another party.

Noun

secondary liability (uncountable)

  1. The legal responsibility arising when a party materially contributes to, facilitates, induces or is otherwise responsible for directly infringing acts carried out by another party.
    Synonyms:
    indirect infringement

Synonyms of secondary liability

  • indirect infringement

Questions about secondary liability

What does secondary liability mean?
Secondary liability means the legal responsibility arising when a party materially contributes to, facilitates, induces or is otherwise responsible for directly infringing acts carried out by another party.
What part of speech is secondary liability?
Secondary liability is a noun.

Words near secondary liability in the dictionary

  1. secondary infections
  2. secondary intention
  3. secondary ion mass spectrometry
  4. secondary legislation
  5. secondary legislations
  6. secondary liability
  7. secondary literature
  8. secondary market
  9. secondary markets
  10. secondary memory
  11. secondary metabolite

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