Ballentine's law dictionary. Anderson, W.S.. 1998.
contribution — con·tri·bu·tion n 1: payment of a share of an amount for which one is liable: as a: shared payment of a judgment by joint tortfeasors esp. according to proportional fault compare apportion a b: pro rata apportionment of loss among all the… … Law dictionary
contribution — 1) The amount that, under marginal costing principles, a given transaction produces to cover fixed overheads and to provide profit. The unit contribution is normally taken to be the selling price of a given unit of merchandise, less the variable… … Big dictionary of business and management
double insurance — Coverage of the same risk and same interest by different insurers. Western Union Tel. Co. v Houghton, 146 Pa 561, 23 A 248. See contribution between insurers; excess insurance; other insurance clause … Ballentine's law dictionary
additional insurance — See contribution between insurers; double insurance; excess insurance; other insurance clause … Ballentine's law dictionary
other insurance — Insurance on the same risk for the benefit of the same person. See contribution between insurers; double insurance; excess insurance … Ballentine's law dictionary
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