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
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
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.