negligent entrustment

negligent entrustment
negligent en·trust·ment /-in-'trəst-mənt/ n: the entrusting of a dangerous article (as a motor vehicle) to one who is reckless or too inexperienced or incompetent to use it safely; also: a theory or doctrine making one liable for injury caused by a party to whom one negligently entrusted something

Merriam-Webster’s Dictionary of Law. . 1996.

negligent entrustment
The act of leaving an object, such as an automobile or firearm, with another whom the lender knows or should know could use the object to harm others due to such factors as youth or inexperience.

Dictionary from West's Encyclopedia of American Law. 2005.


negligent entrustment
The act of leaving an object, such as an automobile or firearm, with another whom the lender knows or should know could use the object to harm others due to such factors as youth or inexperience.

Short Dictionary of (mostly American) Legal Terms and Abbreviations.

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