negligent entrustment

noun

negligent en·trust·ment | \ -in-ˈtrəst-mənt\

Legal Definition of negligent entrustment

: 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

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