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Indemnify

Defined in 6 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Ballentine's (1916), Bouvier (1914), Black's (1910), Kinney (1893), Black's (1891)

The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary

Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922

To save harmless; to secure against loss or damage; to make good; to put one in the situation he was in before sustaining a loss. INDEMNIS (Lat.) Without loss, damage, or harm.

Ballentine's Law Dictionary

James A. Ballentine · 1916

To secure against loss; to compensate for loss. See 15 Minn. 461, 2 Am. Rep. 150.

Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia

John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914

To secure or save harmless against loss or damage, of a specified character, which may happen in the future. To compensate or reimburse one for a loss previously Incurred; L. R. 14 Eq. 479. See Weller v. Eames, 15 Minn. 467 (Gil. 376), 2 Am. Rep. 150. To indemnify Is said to be synonymous with “to save harmless,” Brentnal v. Holmes, 1 Root (Conn.) 292, 1 Am. Dec, 44. Indemnification Is the act of Indemnifying or making good a loss. Indemniflcatua, indemnified. Indemnis (formerly indempnia), without damage; harmless. Indemnitor, one who enters into a contract of indemnity for the benefit of another; indemnitee, one who is to be benefited by such a contract

Black's Law Dictionary

Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910

To save harmless; to secure against loss or damage; to give security for the reimbursement of a person in case of an anticipated loss falling upon him. Also to make good; to compensate; to make reimbursement to one of a loss already incurred by him. Cousins v. Paxton & Gallagher Co.., 122 Iowa, 465, 98 N. W. 277; Weller v. Eames, 15 Minn. 467 (Gil. 376), 2 Am. Rep. 150; Frye v. Bath Gas Co.., 97 Me. 241, 54 Atl. 395, 59 I R. A. 444, 94 Am. St. Rep. 500.

A Law Dictionary and Glossary

George C. Kinney · 1893

To make or save harmless; to secure against loss or damage; to make good; to reimburse to one what he has lost

A Dictionary of Law

Henry Campbell Black · 1891

To save harmless; to secure against loss or damage; togive security for the reimbursement of a person in case of an anticipated loss falling upon him. AJso tomake good; to compensate; tomake reimbursement to one of a loss already incurred by him.