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A Dictionary of Law · William C. Anderson · 1889

A Dictionary of Law

!" To determine what is due; to settle; to ascertain: as, to adjust a claim, a demand, a right.

Adjuster.

He who determines the amount of a claim; as, a claim against an insurance company.

Adjustment

Settlement of the relative rights of parties, of a demand or cross-demands of any nature; in particular, the settlement of the claim of an insured party after a loss.* Unadjusted. Applied to a demand — that the amount is uncertain, not agreed upon.5