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Slip

Defined in 3 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Bouvier (1914), Black's (1910)

The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary

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

In Insurance law. An informal memorandum of the particulars of a contract of insurance to be afterwards included, usually called in the United States a "binding slip."

Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia

John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914

In negotiations for a policy of insurance the “slip” is a memorandum between the parties containing the terms of the proposed insurance, and initialled by the underwriters. 8LIPPA. A stirrup. There is a tenure of

Black's Law Dictionary

Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910

1. In negotiations for a pollcy of insurance. In England, the agreement ls in practice concluded between the parties by a memorandum called the "slip," containing the terms of the proposed insurance, and initialed by the underwriters. Sweet.
2. Also that part of a police court which is divided off from the other parts of the court, for the prisoner to stand in. It is frequently called the "dock." Brown.
3. The intermediate spaco betwcen two wharves or dorks; the opening or vacant space between two piers. See Thompson v. New York, 11 N. Y. 120; New York v. Scott, 1 Caines (N. Y.) 543.