"American Clause" is a word in LAW AND LEGAL

To relinquish all claim to; -- used when an insured person gives up to underwriters all claim to the property …

A party to whom a right or property is abandoned or relinquished by another. Applied* to the insurers of vessels …

The relinquishment by the insured to the underwriters of what may remain of the property insured after a loss or …

The computing official of an insurance company; one whose profession it is to calculate for insurance companies the risks and …

To bring to proper relations; to settle; to determine and apportion an uinount due. Flaherty v. Insurance Co., 20 App. …

In the law of insur-ance, the adjustment of a loss ls the ascer-tninment of Its amount and the ratable distribution …

A relation, created either by express or implied contract or by law, where-by one party (called the prlncipal or con-stltuent) …

Aiding; auxiliary; attendant npon; subordinate; a proceeding at-tendant upon or which aids another proceeding considered as principal. Steele v. Insurance …

In marine insurance. The arrival of a vessel means an arrival for pur-poses of business, requiring an entry aud clearance …

In European law. Assurance; insurance of a vessel, freight, or cargo. Ferriere

In maritime law. An insurer, (aversor periculi.) Locc. de Jure Mar. lib. 2, c. 5, fi 10

Insurance; a contract for the payment of a sum on occasion of a certain event, as loss or death.

To insure; to covenant to indemnify for loss, or to pay a specified sum at death. See Insure.

Made sure; safe; insured; certain; indubitable; not doubting; bold to excess.

One whose life or property is insured.

A person who has been in-sured by some insurance company, or umler-writer, agaiust losses or perils mentioned ln the policy …

One who assures. Specifically: One who insures against loss; an insurer or underwriter.

An insurer against certain perils and dangers; an underwriter; an in-demnifier

One who does not believe in the existence of a God. Gibson v. Insurance Co., 37 N. Y. 584; Thurston …

out of the limits of any port or harbor on the sea-coast The Harriet, 1 Story, 251, Fed. Cas. No. …