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RCW 48.01.040

"Insurance" defined.

Applied in 16 court decisions — leading case 86 Wash. 2d 641 - Witherspoon v. St. Paul Fire & Marine Insurance (1976)

Most recently applied in State v. Mau (August 2013)

1947 c 79 s .01.04; Rem

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Insurance is a contract whereby one undertakes to indemnify another or pay a specified amount upon determinable contingencies.

Official source: Washington State Legislature. Reproduced from public-domain Washington statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.