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The legal responsibility of the superior for the acts of their subordinate.
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vicarious liability — see liability 2b Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster. 1996. vicarious liability … Law dictionary
vicarious liability — ➔ liability * * * vicarious liability UK US noun [U] LAW ► legal responsibility for other people s actions, especially those of your employees or customers: »The van driver s employer could be sued for negligence under the principle of vicarious… … Financial and business terms
Vicarious liability — This article is about vicarious liability in private litigation; for vicarious liability in criminal law, see Vicarious liability (criminal). Vicarious liability is a form of strict, secondary liability that arises under the common law doctrine… … Wikipedia
Vicarious Liability — A situation in which one party is held partly responsible for the unlawful actions of a third party. The third party also carries his or her own share of the liability. Vicarious liability can arise in situations where one party is supposed to be … Investment dictionary
vicarious liability — liability that is assigned or accepted on behalf of another person … English contemporary dictionary
Vicarious liability (criminal) — The legal principle of vicarious liability applies to hold one person liable for the actions of another when engaged in some form of joint or collective activity. For the civil law system, see vicarious liability. For liability attributed to a… … Wikipedia
vicarious liability — The imposition of liability on one person for the actionable conduct of another, based solely on a relationship between the two persons. Indirect or imputed legal responsibility for acts of another; for example, the liability of an employer for… … Black's law dictionary
vicarious liability — A liability imposed upon one person because of the act or omission of another, such as his employee … Ballentine's law dictionary
liability — li·a·bil·i·ty /ˌlī ə bi lə tē/ n pl ties 1: the quality or state of being liable 2: something for which one is liable: as a: a financial obligation: debt tax liability the bonds … Law dictionary
vicarious — vi·car·i·ous /vī kar ē əs/ adj: imposed on one person in place of another see also vicarious liability at liability 2b vi·car·i·ous·ly adv vi·car·i·ous·ness n … Law dictionary
