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noun
A legal doctrine which holds that an employer, officer, manager, supervisor, or other individual or group superior to an employee or subordinate may be legally liable for the acts of that employee or subordinate.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
Topics: law
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
History
From Medieval Latin respondeat superior (“let the superior respond or meet a charge”).
Across languages
3 source translations are retained for this English entry.
