a contract of indemnity

  • 31double indemnity — Payment of twice the basic benefit in event of loss resulting from specified causes or under specified circumstances. Provision in life insurance contract requiring payment of twice the face amount of the policy by the insurer in the event of… …

    Black's law dictionary

  • 32Indemnities — Indemnity In*dem ni*ty, n.; pl. {Indemnities}. [L. indemnitas, fr. indemnis uninjured: cf. F. indemnit[ e]. See {Indemnify}.] [1913 Webster] 1. Security; insurance; exemption from loss or damage, past or to come; immunity from penalty, or the… …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 33fire insurance policy — A personal contract to indemnify the insured against loss by fire to the property insured; a contract of indemnity to reimburse the insured for his actual loss not exceeding an agreed sum. 29 Am J Rev ed Ins § 4. A contract of indemnity by which… …

    Ballentine's law dictionary

  • 34crop insurance — A contract of indemnity by which, for a specified premium, one party promises to compensate another for the financial loss incurred by the destruction of agricultural products from the forces of nature, such as rain, hail, frost, or insect… …

    Law dictionary

  • 35insurance — A contract whereby one undertakes to indemnify another against loss, damage, or liability arising from an unknown or contingent event. Meyer v Building & Realty Service Co. 209 Ind 125, 196 NE 250, 100 ALR 1442. An agreement by which one person… …

    Ballentine's law dictionary

  • 36life insurance — A contract, known as a policy, by which the insurer in consideration of the payment to it by the insured of a certain sum, or certain sums, of money known as a premium or premiums, measured and proportioned in amount according to factors… …

    Ballentine's law dictionary

  • 37Causation (law) — Causation is the causal relationship between conduct and result. That is to say that causation provides a means of connecting conduct, complete with actus reus, with the the resulting harm or result element. It should be noted that causation is… …

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  • 38indemnitee — /indemnatiy/ The person who, in a contract of indemnity, is to be indemnified or protected by the other …

    Black's law dictionary

  • 39indemnitee — /indemnatiy/ The person who, in a contract of indemnity, is to be indemnified or protected by the other …

    Black's law dictionary

  • 40indemnitee — One for whose benefit a contract of indemnity is made; one whom another is under obligation to indemnify …

    Ballentine's law dictionary