n.
Indemnification is capable of some estimate; dignity has no standard. Burke. [ 1913 Webster ]
No reward with the name of an indemnification. De Quincey. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t.
The states must at last engage to the merchants here that they will indemnify them from all that shall fall out. Sir W. Temple. [ 1913 Webster ]
n.;
Having first obtained a promise of indemnity for the riot they had committed. Sir W. Scott. [ 1913 Webster ]
They were told to expect, upon the fall of Walpole, a large and lucrative indemnity for their pretended wrongs. Ld. Mahon. [ 1913 Webster ]
☞ Insurance is a contract of indemnity. Arnould. The owner of private property taken for public use is entitled to compensation or indemnity. Kent. [ 1913 Webster ]
Act of indemnity (Law),
n. The quality of being indemonstrable. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ L. indemonstrabilis. See In- not, and Demonstrable. ] Incapable of being demonstrated. --
n. A fifteenth part. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ L. vindemialis, fr. vindemia a vintage. See Vintage. ] Of or pertaining to a vintage, or grape harvest. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
v. i. [ L. vindemiare. See Vindemial. ] To gather the vintage. [ Obs. ] Evelyn. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ LL. vindemiatio. ] The operation of gathering grapes. [ Obs. ] Bailey. [ 1913 Webster ]