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To convey information as a client to an attorney, or as an attorney to a counsel; to authorize one to appear as advocate ; to give a case In charge to the jury. … [Read more...] about INSTRUCT

A contract by which the insurer, in consequence of a certain premium received by him, either in a gross sum or by annual payments, undertakes to indemnify the insured against all loss or damage which he may sustain to a certain amount, in his house or other buildings, stock, goods, or merchandise, mentioned in the policy, by fire, during the time agreed upon. … [Read more...] about INSURANCE AGAINST FIRE

In French criminal law. The first process of a criminal prosecution. It includes the examination of the accused, the preliminary interrogation of witnesses, collateral investigations, the gathering of evidence, the reduction of the whole to order, and the preparation of a document containing a detailed statement: of the case, to serve as a brief for the prosecuting officers, … [Read more...] about INSTRUCTION

One who sells insurance policies on behalf of an insurance company. … [Read more...] about INSURANCE AGENT

(A) com. law, Contracts. Orders given by a principal to his agent in relation to the business of his agency. 2. The agent is bound to obey the instructions he has received and when he neglects so to do, he is responsible for the consequences, unless he is justified by matter of necessity. 4 Binn. R. 361; 1 Liverm. Agency, 368. 3. Instructions differ materially from authority, … [Read more...] about INSTRUCTIONS