total loss

total loss
total loss see loss

Merriam-Webster’s Dictionary of Law. . 1996.

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Burton's Legal Thesaurus. . 2006


total loss
n.
Complete destruction of property, such that it can no longer be used at all and retains little or no value.

The Essential Law Dictionary. — Sphinx Publishing, An imprint of Sourcebooks, Inc. . 2008.


total loss
n. An insurance contract concept that is said to exist if property is destroyed to the extent as to be no longer useful for the purpose for which it was intended, or that renders it useless and of no value to its owner.

Webster's New World Law Dictionary. . 2000.

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