Entrust Definition: To give over the care of something to another. In Neary v Wawanesa, Justice Chipman of the Nova Scotia Court of Appeal had before him a case in which an insurer's exposure to liability for a motor vehicle accident hinged on the word entrustment, contained within the insurance policy.The appelate court adopted these words of the trial judge used to define entrustment:"To invest with a trust; to commission or employ a person in a manner implying confidence. To confide the care or disposal of (something). Hence, entrustment, the action of entrusting; the fact of being entrusted; that with which one is entrusted."Care of is an essential element of an entrustment. The care of something, in turn, connotes having charge of or being responsible for it."REFERENCES:Neary v. Wawanesa Mutual Insurance Company, 2003 NSCA 66 Categories & Topics: Insurance Law Dictionary Find you are constantly looking up definitions? Try our search provider (works in most modern browsers) If you find an error or omission in Duhaime's Legal Dictionary, or if you have legal term suggestion, we'd love to hear from you!