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pro rata

pro rata [Latin] : proportionately according to an exactly calculable factor (as share or liability) pro rata adj ...


pro rata clause

pro rata clause : a clause in an insurance policy limiting an insurer's liability for a loss to a proportionate share in relation to coverage collectible from other insurers for the same loss called also pro rata liability clause standard other insurance clause ...


Pro rata, or Pro rat' parte

Pro rata, or Pro rat' parte (in proportion)....


De onerando pro rata portionis

De onerando pro rata portionis, an ancient writ, where a person was distrained for rent which ought to be paid by others proportionably with him Fitz. N. B. 234; New Nat. Br. 586....


Onerando pro rata portionis

Onerando pro rata portionis, a writ that lay for a joint-tenant, or tenant-in-common, who was distrained for more rent than his proportion of the land came to, Reg. Brev. 182. See now for the implied powers conferred by s. 190, (English) Law of Property Act, 1925....


contribution

contribution 1 : payment of a share of an amount for which one is liable: as a : shared payment of a judgment by joint tortfeasors esp. according to proportional fault compare apportion b : pro rata apportionment of loss among all the insurance policies covering the same person or property compare indemnity 2 : the money paid by one responsible for a share 3 : payment to a common fund (as by an employer or employee to an insurance plan or retirement fund) ...


ratable

ratable : made or calculated according to a proportionate rate : pro rata [a distribution of the bankruptcy estate] rat·ably [-blē] adv ...


right

right [Old English riht, from riht righteous] 1 a : qualities (as adherence to duty or obedience to lawful authority) that together constitute the ideal of moral propriety or merit moral approval b : something that is morally just [able to distinguish from wrong] 2 : something to which one has a just claim: as a : a power, privilege, or condition of existence to which one has a natural claim of enjoyment or possession [the of liberty] [that all men…are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable s "Declaration of Independence"] see also natural right b : a power, privilege, immunity, or capacity the enjoyment of which is secured to a person by law [one's constitutional s] c : a legally enforceable claim against another that the other will do or will not do a given act [the defendant may be under a legal duty…to exercise reasonable care for the plaintiff's safety, so that the plaintiff has a corresponding legal to insist on that care "W. L. Prosser and W. P. K...


short rate

short rate 1 : an insurance premium charge for less than a year of coverage that is more than a pro rata part of the annual premium 2 : an insurance policy written for less than one year called also short term ...


standard other insurance clause

standard other insurance clause : pro rata clause ...


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