Self Adjusting - Law Dictionary Search Results
Home Dictionary Name: self adjustingSelf adjusting
Capable of assuming a desired position or condition with relation to other parts under varying circumstances without requiring to be adjusted by hand said of a piece in machinery...
Self contained Underwater Breathing Apparatus
A portable device to allow divers to breathe while under water consisting of one or two tanks of compressed air which are strapped onto the back of the diver and are connected by tubing to a mouthpiece through which the diver receives the air from the tanks at rate adjustable by a valve called also SCUBA SCUBA gear or SCUBA apparatus...
adjust status
adjust status 1) To change from a nonimmigrant visa status or other status 2) To adjust the status of a permanent resident (green card holder). Source: Department of State. March 2007. ...
adjustable-rate mortgage (arm)
adjustable-rate mortgage (arm) a mortgage loan that does not have a fixed interest rate. During the life of the loan the interest rate will change based on the index rate. Also referred to as adjustable mortgage loans (AMLs) or variable-rate mortgages (VRMs). Source: U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development ...
adjustment index
adjustment index the published market index used to calculate the interest rate of an ARM at the time of origination or adjustment. Source: U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development ...
modified adjusted gross income
modified adjusted gross income There are different definitions for different purposes. It is usually the adjusted gross income with various items added back in. ...
Adjustment of a loss
Adjustment of a loss [fr. adjuster, Tr., to make event], the settling and ascertaining the amount of the indemnity which the assured, after all allowances and deductions made, is entitled to receive under the policy, and fixing the proportion which each underwriter is liable to pay. See York-Antwerp Rules, 1890, (English) Marine Insurance Act, 1906 (6 Edw. 7, c. 41), and Lowndes on Average...
self-insure
self-insure : to insure by self-insurance (as in workers' compensation) [an employer wishing to its liability "Pennsylvania Statutes"] vi : to use self-insurance [a governmental agency that s] self-in·sur·er n ...
Self acting
Acting of or by ones self or by itself said especially of a machine or mechanism which is made to perform of or for itself what is usually done by human agency automatic as a self acting feed apparatus a self acting mule a self acting press...
Self government
The act of governing ones self or the state of being governed by ones self self control self command...
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