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duty to defend

Insurance. The obligation of an insurer to provide an insured with a legal defense against claims of liability, within the terms of the policy. • The duty to defend applies if the terms of the policy and the facts of the claim allow an ambiguity about whether the insurer will have a duty to indemnify

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fidelity insurance

An agreement to indemnify an employer against a loss arising from the lack of integrity or honesty of an employee or of a person holding a position of trust, such as a loss from embezzlement. — Also termed fidelity guaranty insurance; fidelity and guaranty insurance; surety and fidelity insurance. [Cases: Insurance 1014. C.J.S. Insurance §

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restaur

restaur (res-tor). 1. The recourse that insurers (esp. marine underwriters) have against each other according to the date of their insurance. 2. The recourse that marine insurers have against a ship’s master if a loss occurs through the master’s fault or negligence. 3. The recourse that one has against a guarantor or other person under

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short title

short title 〈英〉法律简称 英国1845年的一项法律(制定法)规定在其他法律与司法文件中引用该法律时,可直接使用其简略名称,这一作法开创了用简略名称指代议会制定法的先河,其后基本遵循这一作法。但也有议会制定法并无简略名称。1896年《法律简称法》〔Short Titles Act〕对议会制定的2 076件法律给予了简略名称,1948年《制定法修订法》〔Statute Law Revision Act〕又对158件议会制定的法律给予了简略名称。如今,依据上议院的命令,每一个法案须包含一节规定其简略名称。但仍有许多法律无简略名称,这样在其他法律中出现或在司法文件中援用时须使用全称,其形式为「××王在位××年该届议会之制定法第×章之标题×」,如「An Act of the session of the 5th and 6th years of the reign of Her late Majesty Queen Victoria, chapter 52, intituled, 『An Act to Indemnify Witnesses who may give Evidence before the Lords Spiritual and Temporal on a Bill to exclude the Borough of

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mandate

mandate, n. 1. An order from an appellate court directing a lower court to take a specified action. — Also termed (in BrE) order. See MANDAMUS. [Cases: Appeal and Error 1186.1; Federal Courts 949. 1. C.J.S. Appeal and Error § 968.] 2. A judicial command directed to an officer of the court to enforce a

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