| Term | Definition |
|---|
| Business Invitee | An individual who has express or implied permission to be on the property of another for the purpose of doing business. |
| Actual Notice | Information that has been directly given to someone. |
| Constructive Notice | Knowledgte that a person is assumed by law to have because that knowledge could be gained by reasonable observation or inspection. |
| Licensee | An individual who has permission to go onto the property of another for his or her own purposes. |
| Trespasser | An individual who intentionally goes onto the property of another without permission or any legal right to do so. |
| Attractive Nuisance | A dangerous object or condition so captivating to young children that it entices them onto another's property. |
| Breach of Warranty | The failure to adhere to an express or implied wartranty regarding the title, quality, content, or condition of the goods sold. |
| Implied Warranty | An obligation that the courts impose on a seller to warrant certain facts about a prodeuct even though not expressly stated by the seller. |
| Implied Warranty of Merchantability | An implied warranty that a product is fit for ordinary purpose for which it is used. |
| Implied Warranty of Fitness for Purpose | An implied warranty that a product is fit for a particular purpose; applies if the seller knows about the buyer's purpose for the product. |
| Express Warranty | A statyement or representation about a product's quality or suitability for its intended use. |
| Privity of Contract | The relationship that exists b etween the parties to a contract. |
| Statutory Employee | An independent contractor's employee who, because the independent contractor has not maintained worker's compensation insurance, is considered to be an employee of the principal employing the independent contractor. |
| Positional Risk Doctrine | A legal doctrine stating that an injury arises out of the claimant's employment if it would not have occurred but for the fact that the conditions and obligations of the employment placed the claimant in th eposition where he or she was injured. |
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