re-entrustment

noun

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

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Meanings

nounre-entrustment (countable and uncountable, plural re-entrustments)

plural re-entrustments

  1. countableuncountableA repeated act of entrustment, whether continuing entrustment in the entrusted party, or passing entrustment on to a new party.

    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.

    1999, Xianggang Zhongguo, China Patents & Trademarks, page 102

Origin

From re- + entrustment.

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