automobile liability insurance

automobile liability insurance
A policy of insurance under which the insurer agrees to pay, on behalf of the insured and within specified limits, all sums which the insured shall become legally obligated to pay as damages because of personal injury to or the death of any person, or because of injury to or the destruction of property, caused by accident and arising out of the ownership, maintenance, and use of the vehicle or vehicles insured. 7 Am J2d Auto Ins § 80.

Ballentine's law dictionary. . 1998.

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