parental liability

parental liability definition - legal

n

The doctrine that parents are responsible for willful damage done to anotherÂ’s person or property by their minor children. All states have statutes to that effect, but most limit the amount to a few thousand dollars per tort.

Webster's New World Law Dictionary Copyright © 2006 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Hoboken, New Jersey.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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