indemnity

indemnity
/indemnadiy/
Reimbursement. An undertaking whereby one agrees to indemnify another upon the occurrence of an anticipated loss. Dawson v. Fidelity & Deposit Co. of Md., D.C.S.D., 189 F.Supp. 854, 865.
A contractual or equitable right under which the entire loss is shifted from a tortfeasor who is only technically or passively at fault to another who is primarily or actively responsible. Moorhead v. Waelde, La.App., 499 So.2d 387, 389
The benefit payable under an insurance policy. Immunity from the punishment of past offenses. Lawson v. Halifax-Tonopah Min. Co., 36 Nev. 591, 135 P. 611, 613.
The term is also used to denote the compensation given to make a person whole from a loss already sustained; as where the government gives indemnity for private property taken by it for public use.

Black's law dictionary. . 1990.

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