legal reserve

legal reserve
legal reserve see reserve

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

legal reserve
Liquid assets that life insurance companies are required by statute to set aside and maintain to assure payment of claims and benefits. In banking, that percentage of bank deposits that must by law be maintained in cash or equally liquid assets to meet the demands of depositors.

Dictionary from West's Encyclopedia of American Law. 2005.


legal reserve
Liquid assets that life insurance companies are required by statute to set aside and maintain to assure payment of claims and benefits. In banking, that percentage of bank deposits that must by law be maintained in cash or equally liquid assets to meet the demands of depositors.

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  • legal reserve — Liquid assets which life insurance companies are required by statute to set aside and maintain to assure payment of claims and benefits. Lubin v. Equitable Life Assur. Soc. of U. S., 326 Ill.App. 358, 61 N.E.2d 753, 754; Old Surety Life Ins. Co.… …   Black's law dictionary

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  • legal reserve — See reserve …   Ballentine's law dictionary

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  • legal reserve — noun Date: circa 1902 the minimum amount of bank deposits or life insurance company assets required by law to be kept as reserves …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • legal reserve — the amount of cash assets that a bank, insurance company, etc., is required by law to set aside as reserves. [1920 25] * * * …   Universalium

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