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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. | ||||
2. | Indemnification, compensation, or remuneration for loss, damage, or injury sustained. They were told to expect, upon the fall of Walpole, a large and lucrative indemnity for their pretended wrongs.
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Noun | 1. | indemnity - protection against future loss Synonyms: insurance |
2. | indemnity - legal exemption from liability for damages | |
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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.