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financial responsibility law

financial responsibility law : a law that requires a driver involved in an accident to provide proof of the ability to pay a judgment obtained against him or her

Bailee

a contract of bailment; one to whom goods are bailed. (Contract Act, 1872, s. 148) Where in an accident the Insured dealt with vehicle strictly as provided under the contract of insurance and that necessitated taking the

error

error : an act that through ignorance, deficiency, or accident departs from or fails to achieve what should be done [procedural s] ;esp : a mistake made by

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double indemnity

double indemnity : a provision in a life insurance or accident policy whereby the company agrees to pay twice the face of the contract in case of accidental death

claim

a judicial remedy arising from a wrong or injury suffered [a plaintiff who has been injured in an accident has…one for a broken arm, another for a ruptured spleen, and so forth "J. H. Friedenthal et al."]

causal

cause [ negligence] 2 : involving causation or a cause [no relationship between driving without insurance and the accident "National Law Journal"] [a link exists between the deceptive act and the injury "National Law Journal"] 3 :

insurance

or the state of being insured usually against loss or damage by a contingent event (as death, fire, accident, or sickness) 2 a : the business of insuring persons or property b : coverage by contract whereby

casualty

casualty pl: -ties 1 : an unfortunate occurrence ;esp : a serious and often disastrous accident [conversion of property…arising from fire, storm, shipwreck, or other "Internal Revenue Code"] 2 : something lost, stolen, damaged,

case

case [Latin casus accident, event, set of circumstances, literally, act of falling] 1 a : a civil or criminal suit or action

bodily injury liability

injury liability Insurance coverage that applies when you are legally liable for injuring other people in an auto accident. Bodily injury liability provides payments to those injured individuals and pays your legal defense costs as well. Such

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