Amount
Defined in 2 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Black's (1910)
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
As applied to money the word amount is S3monymous with "sum." 156 111. 337.
Black's Law Dictionary
Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
The effect, substance or result; the total or aggregate sum. Hilbum v. Railroad Co., 23 Mont 229, 58 Pac. 551; Connelly v. Telegraph Co., 100 Va. 51, 40 S. E. 618, 56 In R. A. 663, 93 Am. St Rep. 919.
— Amount covered. In insurance. The amount that is insured, and for which underwriters are liable for loss under a policy of insurance.
— Amount in controversy. The damages claimed or relief demanded; the amount claimed or sued for. Smith v. Giles, 65 Tex. 341; Barber v. Kennedy, 18 Minn. 216, (Gil. 196;) Railroad Co., v. Cunnigan, 95 Tex. 439, 67 S. W. 888
— Amount of loss. In insurance. The dimiuution. destruction, or defeat of the value of, or of the charge upon, the insured subject to the assured, by the direct consequence of the operation of the risk insured against, according to its value in the policy, or in contribution for loss, so far as its value ls covered by the insurance.