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  • (Lat.) In the surface. IN TANTUM (Law Lat.) In so much; so much; so far; so greatly. Reg. Orig. 97, 106. IN TERMINIS TERIVIINANTIBUS (Law Lat.) In terms of determination; exactly i

  • The term “insurable commodity” means an agricultural commodity (excluding livestock) for which the producer on a farm is eligible to obtain a policy or plan of insurance under subc

  • It is only necessary to inspect a few cases on this doctrine, to be satisfied, that the term interest, as used in application to the right to insure, does not necessarily imply pro

  • In this subsection, the term “insurable structure” means an insurable structure that is— (i) located within an addition described in paragraph (1); and (ii) in existence before the

  • life insurance of every description, including death benefits paid by fraternal beneficial societies, operating under the lodge system.

  • the term “insurance adjustment organization” includes any organizations and persons engaged in the business of adjusting loss claims arising under insurance policies issued by any

  • the term "insurance agency" means any business entity that sells, solicits, or negotiates insurance coverage;

  • An agent for effecting insurance may be such by appointment, or the recognition of his acts done as such. 2 Phil. Ins. § 1848; 4 Cow. (N. Y.) 645. He may be agent for either of the

  • the terms “insurance company”, “other insurer” and “insurance agent or broker” include any organization or person that is authorized to engage in the business of insurance under th

  • This is no more than the application of the general principle, that insurance is a contract of good faith, and is void, whenever imposition is practised.

  • For the purpose of this subsection, the terms “insurance beneficiary” and “default” have the meanings assigned to them by section 1085 of this title . / The term “insurance benefic

  • The term “insurance benefit” means a benefit under— (A) the medicare program established under title XVIII of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395 et seq.); (B) the medicaid pro

  • One who acts as a middleman between the insured and the company, and who solicits from the public under no employment from any special company. See 125 N. Y. 57, 21 Am. St. Rep. 72

  • if this fact of the payment of the premium had been made out, the Court would have been disposed to award Mr. Lindsay payment out of the proceeds of the policy, for although he had

  • For purposes of subclause (I), the term “insurance business” means any business which is not a noninsurance business (within the meaning of section 453B(e)(3)).

  • The term “insurance carrier” means any corporation, association, society, order, firm, company, mutual, partnership, individual aggregation of individuals, or any other legal entit

  • A public officer in several of the states, whose duty is to supervise the business of insurance as conducted in the state by foreign and domestic companies, for the protection and

  • every company, corporation, association, or partnership organized for the purpose of transacting an insurance business.

  • the contract of insurance entered into between the applicant and the Corporation by virtue of the application for insurance and these regulations and any amendments thereto.

  • Contracts of insurance, like other contracts, must be construed according to the terms which the parties have used, to be taken and understood, in the absence of ambiguity, in thei

  • For purposes of section 952(a)(1), the term “insurance income” means any income which— (A) is attributable to the issuing (or reinsuring) of an insurance or annuity contract, and (

  • The term "insurance interest rate" means, with respect to any contract issued in any calendar year, the lesser of— (i) the section 7702 valuation interest rate for such c

  • The term “insurance licensee” means any person holding a license under State law to act as insurance agent, subagent, broker, or consultant.

  • The terms “third-party payer” and “insurance, medical service, or health plan” have the meaning given those terms in section 1095(h) of this title . / The term “insurance, medical

  • insurance on the granite, or insurance on the cost of the labor, tools and materials used in cutting and boxing it, or only insurance on the materials so used; because, it being fo

  • For purposes of this part, the term “insurance or annuity contract” includes any contract supplementary thereto.

  • Issuing a policy of insurance is not a transaction of commerce. The policies are simple contracts of indemnity against loss by fire, entered into between the corporations and the a

  • the term "insurance producer" means an individual who is required under State law to be licensed in order to sell, solicit, or negotiate insurance coverage; / The term &q

  • The term “insurance program” means the Ready Reserve Mobilization Income Insurance Program established under section 12522 of this title .

  • Historically and commonly insurance involves risk-shifting and risk-distributing. That these elements of risk-shifting and risk-distributing are essential to a life insurance contr

  • To contract to indemnify against loss; to enter into a contract of insurance. See Insurance .

  • The term “insured” means, with respect to an employer-owned life insurance contract, an individual covered by the contract who is a United States citizen or resident. In the case o

  • "Insured annual return" shall have the meaning ascribed to it in section 1747 of this title.

  • The term “insured bank” means any bank (including a foreign bank having an insured branch) the deposits of which are insured in accordance with the provisions of this chapter; and

  • The term "Insured Bond" means a bond subject to a financial guarantee or similar insurance contract, policy and/or surety issued by a monoline insurer. / The term "I

  • The term “insured branch” means any branch (as defined in section 1(b)(3) of the International Banking Act of 1978 [ 12 U.S.C. 3101(b)(3) ]) of a foreign bank any deposits in which

  • For purposes of this section, the term "insured community development financial institution" means a community development financial institution, as such term is defined

  • The term “insured credit union” has the meaning given it in section 101(7) of the Federal Credit Union Act. / The term “insured credit union” means any credit union the member acco

  • Subject to paragraph (2), the term “insured deposit” means the net amount due to any depositor for deposits in an insured depository institution as determined under sections 1817(i

  • The term "insured depository institution"— (A) has the meaning given it in section 3(c)(2) of the Federal Deposit Insurance Act; and (B) includes an insured credit union

  • The term “savings association” or “insured institution” means— (1) any Federal savings association or Federal savings bank; (2) any building and loan association, savings and loan

  • The term “insured loan” means a loan made under section 935 of this title . / For purposes of this section, the term “insured loan” means a loan which is made, sold, and insured.

  • The term “insured member” means a member of the Ready Reserve who is enrolled for coverage under the insurance program in accordance with section 12524 of this title .

  • For purposes of this section, the term "insured mortgage covering a tax credit project" means a mortgage insured under any provision of this subchapter that is executed i

  • The term "insured obligation" means any note, bond, debenture, or other obligation issued under subsection (c) or (d) of section 2153 of this title— (A) on or before Janu

  • As used in this section, the terms "insured System bank" and "bank" include each production credit association and other association making direct loans under t

  • every person engaged in the business of making contracts of insurance.

  • whenever the thing insured becomes by law directly chargeable with any expense, contribution, or loss, in consequence of a particular peril, the law treats that peril, for all prac

  • One who is concerned in an insurrection. He differs from a rebel in this, that "rebel" is always understood in a bad sense, or one who unjustly opposes the constituted authorities;

  • Rebels contending In arms against the government of their country who have not been recognized by other countries as belligerents. Insurgents have no standing in international law

  • A rebellion of citizens or subjects of a country against its government. An insurrection may constitute treason (2 Dall. [U. S.] 348), and,,if extensive, may amount to civil war. 6

  • In suspense.

  • I In contemplation of marriage. Intaita mortis: in contemplation of death.

  • A receiver of stolen goods.

  • In English law. The name given to receivers of goods stolen in Scotland, who take them to England. 9 Hen. V. c. 27. INTEGER (Lat.) Whole; untouched. Res Integra means a question wh

  • Temporary inclosures made by customary tenants of a manor under a special custom authorizing them to inclose part of the waste until one or more crops have bcen raised on it. Elton

  • In such case made and provided.

  • For purposes of paragraph (1), the term “intangible” means any patent, copyright, secret process or formula, goodwill, trademark, trade brand, franchise, or other like property.

  • For purposes of this subsection, the term “intangible property” means any— (A) patent, invention, formula, process, design, pattern, or know-how, (B) copyright, literary, musical,

  • The term “intangible property income” means the gross income of a corporation attributable to any intangible property other than intangible property which has been licensed to such

  • intangibles, that is, rights which are not related to physical things. Such rights are but relationships between persons, natural or corporate, which the law recognizes by attachin

  • Insomuch.

  • Between nations and the States, see Commerce. Between persons, see Access; Cohabit. rNTEEESSE. L. To be of interest to: interest. See Interest, 1. Interesse termini. Interest in a

  • Whole; entire; fresh.

  • In determining whether a state tax imposes an impermissible burden on interstate commerce, the issue is whether the local activity which is made the nominal subject of the tax is '

  • if the bus carrier has volunteered to make terminal and restaurant facilities and services available to its interstate passengers as a regular part of their transportation, and the

  • When persons or goods move from a point of origin in one state to a point of destination in another, the fact that a part of that journey consists of transportation by an independe

  • “integrated airport system planning” means developing for planning purposes information and guidance to decide the extent, kind, location, and timing of airport development needed

  • The term “integrated average temperature” means the average temperature of all test package measurements taken during the test.

  • The term "integrated care" means collaborative models, including the psychiatric collaborative care model and other evidence-based or evidence-informed models, or practic

  • The term “integrated crop management” means an agricultural management system that integrates all controllable agricultural production factors for long-term sustained productivity,

  • The term “integrated education and training” has the meaning given the term in section 3272 of this title . / The term "integrated education and training" means a service

  • The term "integrated English literacy and civics education" means education services provided to English language learners who are adults, including professionals with de

  • For purposes of this section, the term “integrated entry and exit data system” means an electronic system that— (1) provides access to, and integrates, alien arrival and departure

  • The term "integrated farm management plan" means a comprehensive, multiyear, site-specific plan that meets the requirements of subsection (f).

  • In the context of joint matters, the term "integrated forces" refers to military forces that are involved in achieving unified action with participants from— (A) more tha

  • The term “integrated gasification combined cycle” means an electric generation unit which produces electricity by converting coal to synthesis gas which is used to fuel a combined-

  • The term "integrated long-term care"— (A) means items and services that consist of— (i) with respect to long-term care— (I) long-term care items or services provided unde

  • The term “integrated major acquisition mission need statement” means a document that— (A) identifies current and projected gaps in Coast Guard mission capabilities using mission ho

  • The term “integrated management systems” means a system for the planning and implementation of a program, using an interdisciplinary approach, to select a method for containing or

  • The term "integrated micro-grid system" means a micro-grid system that— (A) comprises generation from both conventional and renewable energy resources; and (B) may use gr

  • For purposes of this subsection, the term “integrated oil company” means, with respect to any taxable year, any producer of crude oil to whom subsection (c) of section 613A does no

  • For purposes of this section, the term “integrated pest management” means a pest or disease population management system that uses all suitable techniques, such as biological and c

  • In this subsection, the term "integrated plan" means a plan developed in accordance with the Integrated Municipal Stormwater and Wastewater Planning Approach Framework, i

  • The term “Integrated Product Support Elements” means, with respect to a covered system— (A) product support management; (B) design interface; (C) sustaining engineering; (D) mainte

  • The term “integrated renewable energy system” means a community-wide energy system that— (A) reduces conventional energy use; and (B) increases the use of energy from renewable sou

  • The term “integrated resource management” means livestock management which utilizes an interdisciplinary systems approach which integrates all controllable agricultural production

  • The term “integrated resource management plan” means the plan developed pursuant to the process used by tribal governments to assess available resources and to provide identified h

  • The term “integrated resource planning” means, in the case of a gas utility, planning by the use of any standard, regulation, practice, or policy to undertake a systematic comparis

  • “integrated service delivery” means the provision of Internet-based Federal Government information or services integrated according to function or topic rather than separated accor

  • The term “integrated textbook” means a college textbook that is— (A) combined with materials developed by a third party and that, by third-party contractual agreement, may not be o

  • The term “integration” means the process of providing systems engineering and technical direction for a system for the purpose of achieving capabilities that satisfy program requir

  • The term “integration level” means the amount of compensation specified under the plan (by dollar amount or formula) at or below which the rate at which contributions or benefits a

  • The term “integration of energy resources” means any project or activity that promotes the location and operation of a facility (including any pipeline, gathering system, transport

  • Integrity.—The term “integrity” means guarding against improper information modification or destruction, and includes ensuring information non-repudiation and authenticity.

  • 3 Intervening — happening, accruing, or imposed between the commencement and the termination of proceedings — during the progress of an action at law or of a suit in equity: as, in

  • The term "intellectual property" means— (A) trade secret; (B) invention, process, design, or plant protected under title 35; (C) patent application; (D) plant variety; (E

  • For purposes of this subchapter, the term “intellectual property enforcement” means matters relating to the enforcement of laws protecting copyrights, patents, trademarks, other fo

  • In this subchapter, the term "intellectual property rights" refers to copyrights, trademarks, and other forms of intellectual property rights that are enforced by U.S. Cu

  • I. In old English law. Meaning;