§ 31-11 Premises Liability - Licensee Defined

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§ 31-11 Premises Liability - Licensee Defined

A licensee is a person who is privileged to enter or remain upon land by virtue of the possessor's consent. When a licensee enters onto the property of another, the primary benefit is to the licensee, not the owner or occupier of the property. In other words, a licensee is one who has consent or a privilege to enter the premises but does so for his own purpose, rather than for the benefit of the owner or occupier of the land.

A licensee is a person whose presence is tolerated, a person not necessarily invited on the premises, but one who is privileged to enter or remain on the premises only by the express or implied consent of the owner or occupier. A licensee has also been defined as one who enters upon the land of another at the mere sufferance of the owner or occupier with the primary benefit being to the licensee.

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