risk
Defined in 6 dictionaries — U.S. Code, Cyclopedic (1922), Ballentine's (1916), Black's (1910), Kinney (1893), Abbott (1879)
United States Code
30 U.S.C. § 1522 — in this section
the term “risk” means the hazard that a reservoir of geothermal resources will cease to provide sufficient quantities of geothermal resources at minimum conditions required to maintain an economically or technically viable operation for utilization of the geothermal resource;
33 U.S.C. § 3301 — in this chapter
The term “risk” means a measure of the probability and severity of undesirable consequences.
42 U.S.C. § 17271 — in this section
The term “risk” includes any risk posed by geomechanical, geochemical, hydrogeological, structural, and engineered hazards.
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
In insurance law. The event insured against. Not the "danger," but the circumstances which give rise to it. 1 Hurlst. & N. 334. RISTOURNE (Fr.)
In insurance law. The dissolution of a policy or contract of insurance, for any cause. Emerig. Tr. des Assur. c. 16. a thing is done in due form). Lord Ellenborough, 8 East, 24S. Sea "Omnia Praosnmuntoz Rite, etc."
Ballentine's Law Dictionary
James A. Ballentine · 1916
Black's Law Dictionary
Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
In Insurance law; the danger or bazard of a loss of the property insured; the casualty contemplated in a contract of insurance; the degree of bazard; and, colloquially, the specific house, factory, ship, etc., covered by the policy.
A Law Dictionary and Glossary
George C. Kinney · 1893
In insurance law, a peril, hazard, or danger; chance of loss.
Dictionary of Terms and Phrases Used in American or English Jurisprudence
Benjamin Vaughan Abbott · 1879
A danger, hazard, or peril. Also, in insurance law, the obligation of an insurer; the probability that he may be called upon to respond for a loss; and sometimes the anticipated cause of loss against which he engages to indemnify the insured.