Adjustment
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary · Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
In Insurance. The determining of the amount of a loss by fire or marine disaster.
2 Phil. Ins. §§ 1814, 1815.
ADJUVARI QU1PPE NOS, NON DECIPI, beneficio oportet. We ought to be favored, not injured, by that which is intended for our benefit. The species of bailment called "loan" must be to the advantage of the borrower, riot to his detriment.
Story, Bailm. § 275. See 8 El. & Bl. 1051.