burial insurance — Insurance that covers the cost of disposing of a person s remains. Category: Personal Finance & Retirement Category: Wills, Trusts & Estates → Getting Your Affairs in Order Nolo’s Plain English Law Dictionary. Gerald N. Hill, Kathleen Thompson… … Law dictionary
burial insurance — A contract for the payment of burial or funeral expenses at the death of the holder, usually an older person of limited, financial means. 29 Am J Rev ed Ins § 8. In its ordinary form, it is a contract issued by an association whose declared… … Ballentine's law dictionary
insurance — in·sur·ance /in shu̇r əns, in ˌshu̇r / n 1: the action, process, or means of insuring or the state of being insured usu. against loss or damage by a contingent event (as death, fire, accident, or sickness) 2 a: the business of insuring persons or … Law dictionary
Insurance — This article is about risk management. For Insurance (blackjack), see Blackjack. For Insurance run (baseball), see Insurance run. In law and economics, insurance is a form of risk management primarily used to hedge against the risk of a… … Wikipedia
burial — Act or process of burying a deceased person; sepulture, interment, act of depositing a dead body in the earth, in a tomb or vault, or in the water. The act of interring the human dead @ burial insurance A contract based on legal consideration… … Black's law dictionary
burial — Act or process of burying a deceased person; sepulture, interment, act of depositing a dead body in the earth, in a tomb or vault, or in the water. The act of interring the human dead @ burial insurance A contract based on legal consideration… … Black's law dictionary
Burial society — Burial societies are a form of friendly society. These groups historically existed in England, and constituted for the purpose of providing by voluntary subscriptions, for insuring money to be paid on the death of a member, or for the funeral… … Wikipedia
burial society — noun An insurance society for providing the expenses of burial • • • Main Entry: ↑burial … Useful english dictionary
burial policy — An insurance policy that covers the cost of disposing of a person s remains. Category: Wills, Trusts & Estates → Getting Your Affairs in Order Nolo’s Plain English Law Dictionary. Gerald N. Hill, Kathleen Thompson Hill. 2009 … Law dictionary
insurance — /in shoor euhns, sherr /, n. 1. the act, system, or business of insuring property, life, one s person, etc., against loss or harm arising in specified contingencies, as fire, accident, death, disablement, or the like, in consideration of a… … Universalium