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Continuously Insured

An insured person who has had no time period during which he or she was uninsured since first taking out an auto insurance policy.

Comprehensive Coverage

The most common form of optional auto insurance coverage, alongside Collision, covering damage that is the result of non-collision factors, such weather and theft.

Collision Coverage

Along with Comprehensive, the most common form of optional auto insurance coverage. Collision Coverage covers the cost (minus a deductible) of repairing damage to a vehicle when the insured driver is at

Cancellation

When an insurance policy is terminated prior to the renewal date. Either the insurer or the insured can cancel a policy.

CRIMINAL PROCEDURE

These are the methods of the law that apply to the apprehension, trial and punishment of the accused.

CERTIFICATE OF PURCHASE

a document that is issued by an official to the successful bidder at a tax sale that gives the bidder the deed on conformation of the sale.

CONSCIENTIOUS OBJECTOR

The term given to a person who refuses to join an armed force because of their training and religious beliefs.

CLOSING AGREEMENT

the settlement of taxes that is between the taxpayer and the government agency charged with collecting the taxes.

CHARTER

the act of legislature that creates a corporation and sets forth its franchise that defines the organisation of a corporation.

COMMON BELIEF

This term is applied to an opinion that is held by the majority of the people in a community. The belief is often true but there are instances when it is not

CLAIM OF OWNERSHIP

the claim of a right or a claim of title to enter lands with the intent of claiming and holding it.

CORPORATE MEDICINE

This applies in some states where a group of physicians that form a corporation in order to practice medicine. They still have a personal liability to each patient.

CHAPTER SEVEN

one of the Codes of Bankruptcy that provides for debtors to liquidate their assets to creditors as soon as possible.

CRIMINOLOGY

the name given to the branch of science that is devoted to studying crime and criminals.

CIVIL RIGHTS

These are the rights that are granted to every citizen of the United States by the constitution and all of its amendments. Equal protection is guaranteed to every one regardless of race,

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