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occupiers' liability

phrase

C2CEFR level
85/100Rarity: very rare
TechnicalRegister

The liability of a person in control of premises for harm caused to visitors by the state of the premises.

The supermarket faced an occupiers' liability claim after a shopper tripped on damaged flooring.

Topic: Tort in Legal English

Rarity runs from 0 (a word everyone knows) to 100 (almost never seen outside specialist or literary writing). Level is the word's real difficulty on the CEFR scale, from A1 to C2.

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