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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.

OFFER OF PROOF

a term that is applied to presentation to a court that states the testimony and proof that is introduced to prove a case.

ON THE PLEADINGS

a term applied to a preverdict judgement based on pleadings as there are no real issues. See summary judgement.

ORDINARY DANGERS

The term that is given to the inherent dangers found in a certain job. See ordinary hazards of occupation.

ONUS OF PROOF

a term that for burden of proof where the accuser has to show the proof of his claims and charges.

ORDER NISI

the term given to the order to request a thing be done within a certain period of time.

ONE-MAN-ONE-VOTE RULE

a term that is given to a ruling in most democratic governments that one person has one vote.

OBSCURE

a term that is used to describe something that is difficult to understand, unclear or is poorly expressed.

ORDINARY CARE

a term for the degree of diligence a person must exercise to avoid injuring other people.

OUT-OF-POCKET EXPENSES

the term given to the money a person spends to defray the expenses of carrying out his usual duties of his job.

OFFENSE CONTINUING

a term that is applied to the series of unlawful acts that are carried out frequently by the same person.

OPEN-END CONTRACT

a term that is given to an agreement where the exact amount of goods to be bought isn’t specified.

ORIGINAL ENTRY

a term that is given to the first entry that is made in an account book for a particular account.

OPEN-END AGREEMENT

a term that is used for a settlement that is made in a worker’s compensation case where payments will continue for as long as the person is no able to work.

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