Dictionary Definition
invitee n : a visitor to whom hospitality is
extended [syn: guest]
User Contributed Dictionary
English
Noun
invitee- a person who is invited into or onto someone else's premises
Extensive Definition
In the law
of torts, an invitee is a
person who is invited to land by the possessor of the land as a
member of the public, or one who's invited to the land for the
purpose of business dealings with the possessor of the land. The
status of a visitor as an invitee (as opposed to a trespasser or a licensee) defines the legal
rights of the visitor if they are injured due to the negligence of the property
owner.
The property owner has a duty to make the
property safe for the invitee, which includes conducting a
reasonable inspection of the premises to uncover hidden dangers.
The property owner also has a duty to
warn the invitee of hazardous conditions that can not be fixed.
Furthermore, property owners assume a duty to
rescue an invitee who falls into peril while visiting the
property. If an independent
contractor hired by the landowner injures an invitee
(intentionally or through negligence), the owner can be held
vicariously
liable. This represents the broadest duty of
care owed to any class of visitors to the property.
It should be noted that a property owner who
selectively limits entry to the property - to paying customers, to
a set number of people, or even in a discriminatory fashion - is
nonetheless opening the property to invitees, so long as the
property owner holds the property open to some segment of the
general public.
invitee in Korean: 고객 (법)
invitee in Simple English:
Invitee