Assurance in United Kingdom

Definition of Assurance

In accordance with the work A Dictionary of Law, this is a description of Assurance :

See insurance.

Meaning of Assurance

The following is an old definition of Assurance [1]: Certainty; warrant; indemnity. 1. Legal evidence of the transfer of titl whereby eveiy man’s estate is assured him, and all controversies, doubts, and dificulties are prevented or removed. 5 The common assurances of the realm are by matt in pais, by matter of record, by special custom, aj by devise. Collateral assurance. An assurance: addition to, or over and above, some oth assurance; as, a bond, to the covenants in mortgage. Future assurance. Such transfer in tl future as will cure a defect in a title, – a by removing an incumbrance, by procuring a quitclaim deed. whence (the word(s) which follow it are derivatives from the same root word) ” covenant fi future assurance.” 2. Insurance; in England, llfe-insuranc whence (the word(s) which follow it are derivatives from the same root word) assurer, the assured, re-assuranc See further Insurance.

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Notes and References

1. Concept of Assurance provided by the Anderson Dictionary of Law (1889) (Dictionary of Law consisting of Judicial Definitions and Explanations of Words, Phrases and Maxims and an Exposition of the Principles of Law: Comprising a Dictionary and Compendium of American and English Jurisprudence; William C. Anderson; T. H. Flood and Company, Law Publishers, Chicago, United States)