Licensee
Licensees are a category of people that are generally referred to as being social guests. For instance, if you invite someone to your home for a party that guest is technically a licensee. The duty that is owed to a licensee is similar to what is owed to an invitee although there is some distinction made in the case law. The occupier of land is liable to a licensee for injuries caused by conditions on the premises that the owner knew or should have known of. Where the owner or occupier of property knows or has reason to know of dangerous conditions on the property and knows or has reason to know of the presence on the premises of social guests who do not know and have no reason to know of that dangerous condition, then the property owner or occupier owes a duty to exercise reasonable care to make the premises safe or to warn that social guest of the condition.
