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A premium discount offered by some insurance companies if the policyholder insures more than one vehicle with them.

An amount set by the no-fault laws in some states that must be met before a lawsuit for damages may be commenced against an at-fault driver in an accident.

Coverage that pays for some of the medical and funeral expenses incurred by an insured individual as the result of an accident.

the name given to a contract to do with business that is transacted on navigable waters.

a term referring to the desertion by a spouse without any just cause.

the term that is used to describe a cerebral deficiency or an inadequacy of thought processes.

The name given to a mental illness with long periods of depression and others of great excitement.

the term that is given to the proposal to end a meeting or a session of court.

the term that describes the application made to a court for the final decision in a law suit.

the term given to the deceit that is involved in a wrong of m oral nature.

a Latin phrase that means the method of operation.

a term that is given to the part of a spouse’s estate that the other spouse is entitled to.

the name that is given to the powers of a trustee or a minister that are detailed and leave nothing to discretion.

the term applied to the diplomatic envoy who has full power to carry out the functions and is only second in authority to the ambassador.

term in law that means the master, the employer, must answer for the actions of his servant, the employee.

the term given to a claim for the appropriation of public land where mineral exist and is mined within the law.

the term given to a hurt that arises from jealousy, hate or spitefulness and is carried out intentionally.

the term that applies to a sentence that is greater than a first offender would receive as the person has committed the crime several times.

the name that is applied to the application made to overturn a judgement or decision proposed by the dissatisfied party.

this is the term given to the documents that are the basis of a motion during a procedure in court.