Catastrophe - Law Dictionary Search Results
Home Dictionary Name: catastropheCatastrophic
Of a pertaining to a catastrophe...
loot
loot 1 : to rob esp. during or following a catastrophe (as war, riot, or natural disaster) 2 : to rob esp. on a large scale and usually by violence or corruption vi : to engage in robbing esp. after a catastrophe loot·er n ...
loss
loss 1 : physical, emotional, or esp. economic harm or damage sustained: as a : decrease in value, capital, or amount compare gain b : an amount by which the cost of something (as goods or services) exceeds the selling price compare profit c : something unintentionally destroyed or placed beyond recovery d : the amount of an insured's financial detriment due to the occurrence of a stipulated event (as death, injury, destruction, or damage) in such a manner as to create liability in the insurer under the terms of the policy NOTE: As a general rule, economic losses are deductible from adjusted gross income under section 165 of the Internal Revenue Code. There are, however, numerous exceptions and limitations. actual loss : the identifiable and calculable monetary detriment that is suffered or will be suffered as a result of an act or event actual total loss : a loss in marine insurance in which the property (as a vessel or cargo) cannot be repaired or recovered compare constru...
viatical settlement
viatical settlement [probably from Latin viaticum provision for a journey] : an agreement by which the owner of a life insurance policy covering a person (as the owner) with a catastrophic or life-threatening illness receives compensation for less than the expected death benefit of the policy in return for an assignment, transfer, sale, devise, or bequest of the death benefit or ownership of the policy to the other party (as a company specializing in such transactions) ...
Catastrophe
An event producing a subversion of the order or system of things a final event usually of a calamitous or disastrous nature hence sudden calamity great misfortune...
Catastrophism
The doctrine that the geological changes in the earths crust have been caused by the sudden action of violent physical causes opposed to the doctrine of uniformism...
Catastrophist
One who holds the theory or catastrophism...
contracting
the act or process of acquiring an infectious disease contraction as the contracting of a serious illness can be financially catastrophic...
Deacutenouement
The unraveling or discovery of a plot the catastrophe especially of a drama or a romance...
Epitasis
That part which embraces the main action of a play poem and the like and leads on to the catastrophe opposed to protasis...
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