indemnity 音标拼音: [ɪnd'ɛmnəti] [ɪnd'ɛmnɪti]
n . 赔偿,补偿,保护
赔偿,补偿,保护
indemnity n 1 :
protection against future loss [
synonym : {
indemnity },
{
insurance }]
2 :
legal exemption from liability for damages 3 :
a sum of money paid in compensation for loss or injury [
synonym :
{
damages }, {
amends }, {
indemnity }, {
indemnification },
{
restitution }, {
redress }]
Indemnity \
In *
dem "
ni *
ty \,
n .;
pl . {
Indemnities }. [
L .
indemnitas ,
fr .
indemnis uninjured :
cf .
F .
indemnit ['
e ].
See {
Indemnify }.]
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1 .
Security ;
insurance ;
exemption from loss or damage ,
past or to come ;
immunity from penalty ,
or the punishment of past offenses ;
amnesty .
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Having first obtained a promise of indemnity for the riot they had committed . --
Sir W .
Scott .
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2 .
Indemnification ,
compensation ,
or remuneration for loss ,
damage ,
or injury sustained .
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They were told to expect ,
upon the fall of Walpole ,
a large and lucrative indemnity for their pretended wrongs . --
Ld .
Mahon .
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Note :
Insurance is a contract of indemnity . --
Arnould .
The owner of private property taken for public use is entitled to compensation or indemnity . --
Kent .
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{
Act of indemnity } (
Law ),
an act or law passed in order to relieve persons ,
especially in an official station ,
from some penalty to which they are liable in consequence of acting illegally ,
or ,
in case of ministers ,
in consequence of exceeding the limits of their strict constitutional powers .
These acts also sometimes provide compensation for losses or damage ,
either incurred in the service of the government ,
or resulting from some public measure .
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95 Moby Thesaurus words for "
indemnity ":
absolution ,
amends ,
amnesty ,
assurance ,
atonement ,
award ,
balancing ,
blood money ,
bond ,
certification ,
commutation ,
compensation ,
composition ,
compromise ,
consideration ,
counteraction ,
counterbalancing ,
damages ,
disbursement ,
endorsement ,
exculpation ,
excuse ,
exemption ,
exoneration ,
expiation ,
expiatory offering ,
grace ,
guarantee ,
guaranty ,
guerdon ,
honorarium ,
immunity ,
impunity ,
indemnification ,
insurance ,
lex talionis ,
making amends ,
making good ,
making right ,
making up ,
meed ,
nolle prosequi ,
non prosequitur ,
nonprosecution ,
offsetting ,
pardon ,
payment ,
peace offering ,
piaculum ,
price ,
privilege ,
propitiation ,
protection ,
quid pro quo ,
quittance ,
reckoning ,
reclamation ,
recompense ,
rectification ,
redemption ,
redress ,
reimbursement ,
remission ,
remission of sin ,
remuneration ,
reparation ,
repayment ,
reprieve ,
reprisal ,
requital ,
requitement ,
restitution ,
restoration ,
retaliation ,
retribution ,
return ,
revenge ,
reward ,
safety ,
salvage ,
satisfaction ,
security ,
shrift ,
smart money ,
solatium ,
sparing ,
squaring ,
stay ,
stocks and bonds ,
substitution ,
surety ,
tie ,
warrant ,
warranty ,
wergild INDEMNITY .
That which is given to a person to prevent his suffering damage .
2 McCord ,
279 .
Sometimes it signifies diminution ;
a tenant who has been interrupted in the enjoyment of his lease may require an indemnity from the lessor ,
that is ,
a reduction of his rent .
2 .
It is a rule established in all just governments that ,
when private property is required for public ,
use ,
indemnity shall be given by the public to the owner .
This is the case in the United States .
See Code Civil ,
art .
545 .
See Damnification .
3 .
Contracts made for the purpose of indemnifying a person for doing an act for which he could be indicted ,
or an agreement to ,
compensate a public officer for doing an act which is forbidden by law ,
or omitting to do one which the law commands ,
are absolutely void .
But when the agreement with an officer was not to induce him to neglect his duty ,
but to test a legal right ,
as to indemnify him for not executing an execution ,
it was held to be good .
1 Bouv .
Inst .
n .
780 .
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