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  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Indemnity  \In*dem"ni*ty\,  n.;  pl  {Indemnities}.  [L.  indemnitas 
  fr  indemnis  uninjured:  cf  F.  indemnit['e].  See 
  {Indemnify}.] 
  1.  Security;  insurance;  exemption  from  loss  or  damage,  past 
  or  to  come  immunity  from  penalty,  or  the  punishment  of 
  past  offenses;  amnesty. 
 
  Having  first  obtained  a  promise  of  indemnity  for  the 
  riot  they  had  committed.  --Sir  W. 
  Scott. 
 
  2.  Indemnification,  compensation,  or  remuneration  for  loss 
  damage,  or  injury  sustained. 
 
  They  were  told  to  expect,  upon  the  fall  of  Walpole, 
  a  large  and  lucrative  indemnity  for  their  pretended 
  wrongs.  --Ld.  Mahon. 
 
  Note:  Insurance  is  a  contract  of  indemnity.  --Arnould.  The 
  owner  of  private  property  taken  for  public  use  is 
  entitled  to  compensation  or  indemnity.  --Kent. 
 
  {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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