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使用者責任 (shiyoushasekinin) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

使し用よう者しゃ責せき任にん

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Meanings

1

employer's liability; vicarious liability; respondeat superior

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

使し用よう者しゃ責せき任にんは民みん法ぽう715条じょうに

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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.

Kanji

使use, send on a mission, order
用utilize, business, service
者someone, person
責blame, condemn, censure
任responsibility, duty, term

Related words

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.

Built from

使し用よう者しゃ+責せき任

Etymology

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

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