indemnity

indemnity
A term inclusive of two primary concepts: (1) compensation in money or property for a loss suffered; (2) a contract to save another from the legal consequences of the conduct of one of the parties or of a third person. Also inclusive in a proper sense of the security by way of deposit or bond furnished for the performance of an undertaking to save another harmless. Builders Supply Co. v McCabe, 366 Pa 322, 77 A2d 368, 24 ALR2d 319; 27 Am Jlst Indem § 2. An obligation or duty resting on one person to make good any loss or damage another has incurred while acting at the request of the former or for his benefit. 27 Am J1st Indem § 2. The right of one who has been compelled to pay that which another person should have paid. Security to protect against loss in assuming a status such as that of a guarantor or surety. From the standpoint of an insurance contract:-the stipulated desideratum to be paid to the insured in case he suffers loss or damage through the risk specified and covered by the contract. Physicians' Defense Co. v Cooper (CA9 Cal) 199 F 576.

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