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  • 81Crittenden Compromise — /krit n deuhn/, U.S. Hist. a series of constitutional amendments proposed in Congress in 1860 to serve as a compromise between proslavery and antislavery factions, one of which would have permitted slavery in the territories south but not north… …

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  • 82compensatory damages — n: actual damages at damage 2 Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster. 1996 …

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  • 83covenant — cov·e·nant / kə və nənt/ n 1: an official agreement or compact an international covenant on human rights 2 a: a contract in its entirety or a promise within a contract for the performance or nonperformance of a particular act a covenant not to… …

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  • 84hold harmless — adj: of, relating to, or being an agreement between parties in which one assumes the potential liability for injury that may arise from a situation and thus relieves the other of liability a hold harmless agreement a hold harmless clause compare… …

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  • 85title insurance — n: insurance that compensates for loss from title defects or encumbrances (as liens) that were unknown but should have been discovered at the time the policy was issued Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster. 1996. title insurance …

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  • 86indemnification — in·dem·ni·fi·ca·tion /in ˌdem ni fə kā shən/ n 1 a: the action of indemnifying b: the condition of being indemnified 2: indemnity (2b) Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam W …

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  • 87pay — I noun allowance, award, compensation, consideration, defrayal, defrayment, earnings, emolument, fee, grant, hire, income, indemnity, meed, merces, monetary return, payment, perquisite, profit, reckoning, recompense, reimbursement, remittance,… …

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  • 88economic equilibrium clause — USA A type of stabilization clause contained in a host government agreement (HGA) or other international investment agreement between a host government and a foreign investor that protects foreign investors from laws and regulations adopted after …

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  • 89recompense — I noun amends, compensation, consideration, damages, defrayment, deserts, earnings, emolument, fee, gratuity, guerdon, income, indemnification, indemnity, meed, merces, payment, praemium, price, quittance, recoupment, recovery, redress,… …

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  • 90insure — in·sure /in shu̇r/ vb in·sured, in·sur·ing vt: to assure against a loss by a contingent event on certain stipulated conditions or at a given rate of premium: give, take, or procure insurance on or for vi: to contract to give insurance:… …

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