guest statute — n: a statute that prevents non paying passengers from suing the driver or owner of a car for accidental injuries except in cases of gross negligence or willful or wanton misconduct – called also automobile guest statute; Merriam Webster’s… … Law dictionary
Guest statute — A guest statute is a term used in the law of torts to describe a statute that makes it more difficult for a passenger in an automobile to recover damages from the driver for injuries received in an accident resulting from ordinary negligence on… … Wikipedia
automobile guest statute — n: guest statute Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster. 1996. automobile guest statute … Law dictionary
guest — n. Someone who receives hospitality; someone invited into another person’s home for entertainment or driven by another person in a car without paying for the ride. The Essential Law Dictionary. Sphinx Publishing, An imprint of Sourcebooks, Inc.… … Law dictionary
guest — A person receiving lodging for pay at an inn, motel, or hotel on general undertaking of keeper thereof. A traveler who lodges with the consent of the keeper or owner. Guest is a person who is received and entertained at one s home, club, etc.,… … Black's law dictionary
guest — A person receiving lodging for pay at an inn, motel, or hotel on general undertaking of keeper thereof. A traveler who lodges with the consent of the keeper or owner. Guest is a person who is received and entertained at one s home, club, etc.,… … Black's law dictionary
automobile guest — See family automobile doctrine family purpose doctrine guest guest statute … Black's law dictionary
gratuitous guest — In motor vehicle law, a person riding at invitation of owner or authorized agent without payment of a consideration or fare. Hart v. Hogan, 173 Wash. 598, 24 P.2d 99. See guest guest statute … Black's law dictionary
automobile guest — See family automobile doctrine family purpose doctrine guest guest statute … Black's law dictionary
gratuitous guest — In motor vehicle law, a person riding at invitation of owner or authorized agent without payment of a consideration or fare. Hart v. Hogan, 173 Wash. 598, 24 P.2d 99. See guest guest statute … Black's law dictionary
negligence — The omission to do something which a reasonable man, guided by those ordinary considerations which ordinarily regulate human affairs, would do, or the doing of something which a reasonable and prudent man would not do. Negligence is the failure… … Black's law dictionary
