English Dictionary

negligent entrustment

名詞

不可算名詞

(law) 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.

日本語の意味

過失による不適切な委託：危険な道具（例えば、車両や武器など）を、信頼すべきでないと合理的に判断される人物に委託した結果、被害が発生した場合に生じる不法行為責任の一種

The plaintiff alleged negligent entrustment after the dealership sold a car to a clearly intoxicated buyer who later caused a fatal crash.

原告は、販売店が明らかに酔っている購入者に車を売却し、その後致命的な事故を起こしたことを受けて、危険な物を信用できない人物に託したことによる不法行為を主張した。

意味（1）

(law) 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.