Difference between revisions of "Assurance"
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| − | *I. The action of assuring.* Of making certain. | + | *I. The [[action]] of assuring.* Of making certain. |
| − | :1. A promise or engagement making a thing certain; a formal engagement, pledge, or guarantee. | + | :1. A [[promise]] or engagement making a thing certain; a formal engagement, pledge, or guarantee. |
:b. esp. An engagement guaranteeing peace and safety; terms of peace. Obs. exc. Hist. | :b. esp. An engagement guaranteeing peace and safety; terms of peace. Obs. exc. Hist. | ||
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:3. A positive declaration intended to give confidence. Of making secure. | :3. A positive declaration intended to give confidence. Of making secure. | ||
| − | :4. Law. The securing of a title to property; the conveyance of lands or tenements by deed; a legal evidence of the conveyance of property.kkkkiiiiiiI5. The action of insuring or securing the value of property in the event of its being lost, or of securing the payment of a specified sum in the event of a person's death; insurance. | + | :4. Law. The securing of a title to property; the conveyance of lands or tenements by deed; a legal evidence of the conveyance of property.kkkkiiiiiiI5. The action of insuring or securing the value of property in the event of its being lost, or of securing the payment of a specified sum in the event of a person's death; insurance. Technically, the present usage is to differentiate life-assurance, and fire- and marine-insurance; though, as will be seen from the quotations, assurance was the original term in reference to marine risks. |
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*II. The state of being sure or assured. | *II. The state of being sure or assured. | ||
Revision as of 15:36, 27 August 2009
- I. The action of assuring.* Of making certain.
- 1. A promise or engagement making a thing certain; a formal engagement, pledge, or guarantee.
- b. esp. An engagement guaranteeing peace and safety; terms of peace. Obs. exc. Hist.
- 2. A marriage engagement, betrothal. Obs.
- 3. A positive declaration intended to give confidence. Of making secure.
- 4. Law. The securing of a title to property; the conveyance of lands or tenements by deed; a legal evidence of the conveyance of property.kkkkiiiiiiI5. The action of insuring or securing the value of property in the event of its being lost, or of securing the payment of a specified sum in the event of a person's death; insurance. Technically, the present usage is to differentiate life-assurance, and fire- and marine-insurance; though, as will be seen from the quotations, assurance was the original term in reference to marine risks.
- II. The state of being sure or assured.
- 6. Objective certainty; = ASSUREDNESS 1. Obs.
- 7. Security.
- 8. Subjective certainty; a being certain as to a fact, certitude; confidence, trust.
- b. in Theol. (See quot.)
- 9. Self-confidence, self-reliance; confidence of manner, steadiness, intrepidity.
- 10. In a bad sense: Hardihood, audacity, presumption, impudence.
