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

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.

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 fault or the at-fault driver is unknown

A document issued by insurance companies or agents to vehicle owners as proof of compliance with laws requiring car insurance coverage.

A policy of insurance protecting an owner and driver against losses associated with the use and operation of a motor vehicle.

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

a court where the authority covers several districts or counties where several judges can preside at the same time with each handling a different case.

the term that is given to the prison or a reformatory.

the name given to a crime that is committed under circumstances that involves the compelling emotion of the perpetrator.

the term applied to the court that has the authority to try a case from start to finish.

This occurs when a matter of equity is decided by the court and it uses its conscience to decide the issue.

the name of the court where criminal cases are tried and not civil cases.

the legal right to hold property or to have property applied for the payment of a claim that results from an agreement between 2 or more parties.

a clause that provides for the adjustment of prices for goods and services that according to cost of living changes.

an accounting term where one item is eliminated from an assets list when it is lost or is deemed to be worthless.

Latin term meaning against all of the people.

This term applies to the person who joinsother people in a business enterprise and will share any risks of the venture.

the term that applies to a person being present in court and not just their attorney who is representing them.

This term is given to evidence that is taken from different sources that contradict each other.

a requirement in many communities where all contagious or communicable disease outbreaks are reported to the health board.