Re-entrustment

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A repeated act of entrustment, whether continuing entrustment in the entrusted party, or passing entrustment on to a new party. countable, uncountable

    "Where the re-entrustment is not consented to, the agent shall bear liability for the acts of the third person, unless the agent needs to re-entrust such matters for the protection of the interests of principal due to an emergency."

Example

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"Where the re-entrustment is not consented to, the agent shall bear liability for the acts of the third person, unless the agent needs to re-entrust such matters for the protection of the interests of principal due to an emergency."

Etymology

From re- + entrustment.

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