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im·pute /im-'pyüt/ vt im·put·ed, im·put·ing1: to consider or calculate as a value or cost (as for taxation); broadly: to reckon as an actual thingimpute a benefit from the use of the car2 in the civil law of Louisiana: to direct (payment) to principal or interest3: to attribute to a party esp. because of responsibility for anotherimpute knowledge to his corporate superiorim·pu·ta·tion /ˌim-pyə-'tā-shən/ n
Merriam-Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam-Webster. 1996.
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adsignare, apply, ascribe, ascribere, assign, attach, attribuere, attribute, attribute vicariously, blame, charge to, charge upon, credit, fix the burden of, fix the responsibility for, fix upon, place the blame on, place the responsibility for, put
associated concepts: imputed consent, imputed guilt, imputed intent, imputed knowledge, imputed liability, imputed negligence, imputed notice
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ascribe, attribute, charge (accuse), cite (accuse), complain (charge), denounce (inform against), fault, implicate, present (prefer charges)
Burton's Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006
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v.To attribute; to assign someone responsibility for the act of another person over whom the first person exercises control.
The Essential Law Dictionary. — Sphinx Publishing, An imprint of Sourcebooks, Inc. Amy Hackney Blackwell. 2008.
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1) To attach or ascribe.2) To place responsibility or blame on one person for acts of another person because of a particular relationship, such as mother to child, guardian to ward, employer to employee, or business associates. Example: a child's negligence in driving a car without a license may be imputed to the parent.3) To attribute knowledge to a person because of the person's relationship to the one actually possessing the information. Example: if one partner in a business is informed of something, that knowledge is imputed to other partners. (See also: vicarious liability)Category: Accidents & InjuriesCategory: Representing Yourself in CourtCategory: Small Claims Court & Lawsuits
Nolo’s Plain-English Law Dictionary. Gerald N. Hill, Kathleen Thompson Hill. 2009.
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v. To infer or attribute responsibility or causation.
Webster's New World Law Dictionary. Susan Ellis Wild. 2000.
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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.See also: vicarious liability
Law dictionary. EdwART. 2013.
