使し用よう者しゃ責せき任にん

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Meanings

employer's liability; vicarious liability; respondeat superior

Legal term for an employer's responsibility for acts of employees within the scope of employment.

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Employer's liability is stipulated in Article 715 of the Civil Code.

この事じ故こについて会かい社しゃに使し用よう者しゃ責せき任にんが問とわれる可か能のう性せいがある。

The company may be held vicariously liable for this accident.

不ふ法ほう行こう為い
不法行為 (tort) is the broader category of civil wrongs; 使用者責任 is a specific type of vicarious liability arising from an employment relationship.
監かん督とく責せき任にん
監督責任 (supervisory responsibility) is a more general term for liability based on failure to supervise, while 使用者責任 specifically refers to an employer's liability for employees' acts.

Compound of 使用者 (employer, user) and 責任 (responsibility, liability). A modern legal term.

責せき任にん