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vicarious liability

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

The legal liability imputed to the superior for the acts of their subordinate, even though the superior is not personally at fault.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable

Topics: law

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13 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: مسؤولية بالإنابة (masʔūliyyat bial'iinabati) — superior's legal liability
  • Chinese Mandarin: 替代責任 /替代责任 (tìdài zérèn) — superior's legal liability
  • Dutch: aansprakelijkheid voor andermans daad — superior's legal liability
  • Finnish: työnantajan vastuu — superior's legal liability
  • French: responsabilité du fait d'autrui — superior's legal liability
  • Georgian: პასუხისმგებლობა სხვა პირების ქმედებებზე (ṗasuxismgebloba sxva ṗirebis kmedebebze) — superior's legal liability
  • Georgian: თავდების პასუხისმგებლობა (tavdebis ṗasuxismgebloba) — superior's legal liability
  • German: Fremdhaftung — superior's legal liability
  • Italian: responsabilità per fatto altrui — superior's legal liability
  • Japanese: 使用者責任 (shiyōshasekinin) — superior's legal liability
  • Portuguese: responsabilidade por facto de outrem — superior's legal liability
  • Spanish: responsabilidad por hecho ajeno — superior's legal liability
  • Welsh: atebolrwydd dirprwyol — superior's legal liability