1.
person entrusted with a task; mandatary
In law, the party who accepts a commission to handle a matter on behalf of another; the one who is entrusted, as opposed to the one who entrusts.
受任者として契約を結ぶ。
Enter into a contract as the entrusted party.
弁護士が受任者となって手続きを進める。
A lawyer acts as the mandatary and carries out the procedures.
委任契約では、受任者は依頼人の利益のために誠実に行動しなければならない。
Under a mandate contract, the entrusted party must act faithfully in the client's interest.
Composed of 受任 (accepting a commission) + the suffix 者 (person). A legal term used mainly in connection with mandate (委任) contracts.
COMMON COLLOCATIONS:
- 受任者の義務: the duties of the entrusted party
- 受任者となる: to become the mandatary
SIMILAR WORDS:
- 委任者: the entrusting party — the counterpart who grants the commission
- 代理人: agent; proxy — one authorized to act on another's behalf, often overlapping in practice