re-entrustment

See also: reentrustment

English

Etymology

From re- +‎ entrustment.

Noun

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

1. A repeated act of entrustment, whether continuing entrustment in the entrusted party, or passing entrustment on to a new party.
   • 1999, Xianggang Zhongguo, China Patents & Trademarks, page 102:

     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.