v. 1) to attach to a person responsibility (and therefore financial liability) for
acts or injuries to another, because of a particular relationship, such as mother
to child, guardian to ward, employer to employee or business associates. Example
a 16-year-old boy drives his father's car without a license and runs someone down.
The child's negligence may be imputed to the parent, or, in the reverse, a mother
drives her car and collides with a truck driven over the speed limit, and her baby
in the front seat of the car is badly injured, in part due to not being put in a
safety seat with a seat belt. The mother's negligence can be imputed to the child
in any claim on behalf of the child against the truck driver. 2) to attribute knowledge
and/or notice to a person only because of his/her relationship to the one actually
possessing the information. Example if a partner in a business is informed of something,
that knowledge is imputed to his/her partner, and the partner is expected to have
the information also.
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