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constructive total loss see loss
Merriam-Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam-Webster. 1996.
constructive total loss
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constructive total loss — ➔ loss * * * constructive total loss UK US noun [C or U] (ABBREVIATION CTL) ► INSURANCE a situation in which insured property, especially a ship, is not completely destroyed, but so badly damaged that the cost of repairing it is greater than the… … Financial and business terms
Constructive Total Loss — A constructive total loss is an insurance term where the cost of a repair for an item (e.g., house, boat or car) is more than the current value of that item. It can also refer to an insurance claim that is settled for the entire amount of a… … Investment dictionary
constructive total loss — A loss in which the item insured is not totally destroyed but is so severely damaged that it is not financially worth repairing. The Marine Insurance Act (1906) defines a constructive total loss as one in which «the subject matter insured is… … Big dictionary of business and management
constructive total loss — In insurance, exists whenever insured item of property has lost its total usefulness and insured is deprived of its benefit totally. See also constructive loss actual total loss … Black's law dictionary
constructive total loss — In insurance, exists whenever insured item of property has lost its total usefulness and insured is deprived of its benefit totally. See also constructive loss actual total loss … Black's law dictionary
constructive total loss — A loss of such a character as to authorize the insured to abandon the property and recover as for a total loss, although there is not an absolute extinction of the subject of the insurance. 29A Am J Rev ed Ins § 1571 … Ballentine's law dictionary
constructive total loss — noun : a loss to insured property that is not total but is so great that repair would cost more than the value of the property … Useful english dictionary
total loss — Fire insurance. The complete destruction of the insured property by fire, so that nothing of value remains from it; as distinguished from a partial loss, where the property is damaged, but not entirely destroyed. Test whether building burned is… … Black's law dictionary
total loss — The complete destruction of the property covered by an insurance policy. The complete destruction of a building as a building, although not necessarily the extinction of all its parts as materials or such destruction that no part is left standing … Ballentine's law dictionary
actual total loss — ➔ loss * * * actual total loss UK US noun [C or U] (ABBREVIATION ATL) INSURANCE ► a situation in which insured property is totally destroyed, lost, or made useless, and the insurance company pays the maximum amount: »They claimed that the capture … Financial and business terms
