Indemnities

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Indemnity \In*dem"ni*ty\, n.; pl. {Indemnities}. [L. indemnitas,
     fr. indemnis uninjured: cf. F. indemnit['e]. See
     {Indemnify}.]
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     1. Security; insurance; exemption from loss or damage, past
        or to come; immunity from penalty, or the punishment of


        past offenses; amnesty.
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              Having first obtained a promise of indemnity for the
              riot they had committed.              --Sir W.
                                                    Scott.
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     2. Indemnification, compensation, or remuneration for loss,
        damage, or injury sustained.
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              They were told to expect, upon the fall of Walpole,
              a large and lucrative indemnity for their pretended
              wrongs.                               --Ld. Mahon.
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     Note: Insurance is a contract of indemnity. --Arnould. The
           owner of private property taken for public use is
           entitled to compensation or indemnity. --Kent.
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     {Act of indemnity} (Law), an act or law passed in order to
        relieve persons, especially in an official station, from
        some penalty to which they are liable in consequence of
        acting illegally, or, in case of ministers, in consequence
        of exceeding the limits of their strict constitutional
        powers. These acts also sometimes provide compensation for
        losses or damage, either incurred in the service of the
        government, or resulting from some public measure.
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