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Optional Coverage

Insurance coverage provided by a policy that is beyond what is required by law. Includes Collision Coverage and Comprehensive Coverage.

Occasional Driver

A person who operates an insured vehicle who is not considered the primary or principle driver.

OCCURRENCE WITNESS

the term that is given to a witness who was present at an event and saw it take place.

OBSTRUCTING NAVIGATION

the term that describes the unwarranted and unnecessary interference with the movement of ships on a waterway.

OWNER RIPARIAN

this is a term that is given to a person who owns property that borders water. He doesn’t own the water unless his property surrounds it completely.

OPEN-END INVESTMENT TRUST

the name that applies to a trust where the shares that are owned by the trust cab be sold and new shares bought.

OBLIGATION PERFECT

a term referring to an obligation that can be upheld by an existing law and a legal right.

OPENING A JUDGMENT

the term that is used when a judgement is reviewed to see if it should still stand or be set aside.

OCCUPATIONAL DISABILITY

the term that is given for the inability of a person to work that is caused by a person doing their job.

OATH ASSERTORY

1. an oath that relates to the past or present and not the future. 2. An oath required by law but not in a judicial proceeding.

OWNER REPUTED

the name that si given to the person who supposedly owns a property who may or may not be the legal owner. See owner, legal.

OPINION OF COURT

the term that is given to the written statement by a court that gives the reasons why a certain decision was made.

ORAL DEPOSITION

the name that is given to the testimony of a witness that is spoken and taken out of court but with the instruction of the court.

OCCUPATIONAL DUTIES

the term that describes the responsibilities that are a regular part of a person’s job.

OBLIGATION EXPRESS

an obligation where a person is bound by the express terms to carry out a certain promise.

OFFICIAL

1. An officer. 2. Pertaining to an office, official duties.

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