vicarious liability

English

Noun

vicarious liability (uncountable)

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

Translations

superior's legal liability

• Arabic: مسؤولية بالإنابة f (masʔūliyyat bial'iinabati)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 替代責任 / 替代责任 (tìdài zérèn)

• Dutch: aansprakelijkheid voor andermans daad f
• Finnish: työnantajan vastuu
• French: responsabilité du fait d’autrui f
• Georgian: პასუხისმგებლობა სხვა პირების ქმედებებზე (ṗasuxismgebloba sxva ṗirebis kmedebebze), თავდების პასუხისმგებლობა (tavdebis ṗasuxismgebloba)
• German: Fremdhaftung f
• Italian: responsabilità per fatto altrui f
• Japanese: 使用者責任 (shiyōshasekinin)
• Portuguese: responsabilidade por facto de outrem f
• Russian: please add this translation if you can
• Spanish: responsabilidad por hecho ajeno f
• Welsh: atebolrwydd dirprwyol m

See also

• enterprise liability
• respondeat superior
• secondary liability