As used in legal phrases, thls word means attributed vicariously; that is, an act, fact, or quality is said to be “imput-ed” to a person when it is ascribed or charged to him, not because he is personally cognizant of it or responsible for it, but because another person is, over whom he has control or for whose acts or knowledge he is re-sponsible
Source: Black's Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)
