Preliminary Proof
Defined in 2 dictionaries — Bouvier (1914), Black's (1910)
Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia
John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914
In Insurance Marino policies in the United States generally have a provision that a loss shall be payable in a certain time, usually sixty days, “after proof,” meaning “preliminary proof,” which is not particularly specified. Fire policies usually specify the preliminary proof. Life policies, like marine, usually make the loss payable sixty or ninety days after notice and proof; Fuller v. Ins. Co., 31 Me. 325; Loomis v. Ins. Co., 6 Gray (Mass.) 390; Gilbert v. Ins. Co., 23 Wend. (N. Y.) 43, 35 Am. Dec. 543; Stew. Low. C. 354; Columbian Ins. Go. v. Lawrence, 10 Pet (U. S.) 507, 9 L. Ed. 512; Noyes v. Ins. Co., 30 Vt 659. See Proofs of Loss.
Black's Law Dictionary
Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
See Preliminary.
Defined under Proof in Black's Law Dictionary.