guest statute

guest statute. A law that bars a nonpaying passenger in a noncommercial vehicle from suing the host-driver for damages resulting from the driver’s ordinary negligence. • Though once common, guest statutes remain in force in only a few states. — Also termed automobile-guest statute. Cf. FAMILY-PURPOSE RULE . [Cases: Automobiles 181. C.J.S. Motor Vehicles § 791.]

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