assumption laying claim | the act of taking possession of or power over something, his assumption of office coincided with the trouble in Cuba, the Nazi assumption of power in , he acquired all the company's assets for ten million dollars and the assumption of the company's debts |
claim | demand for something as rightful or due, they struck in support of their claim for a shorter work day |
insurance claim | demand for payment in accordance with an insurance policy |
baggage claim | an area in an airport where arriving passengers can collect the luggage that has been carried in the hold of the aircraft |
claim title | an informal right to something, his claim on her attentions, his title to fame |
title claim | an established or recognized right, a strong legal claim to the property, he had no documents confirming his title to his father's estate, he staked his claim |
claim form | a form to use when filing a claim |
claim | an assertion of a right (as to money or property), his claim asked for damages |
claim | an assertion that something is true or factual, his claim that he was innocent, evidence contradicted the government's claims |
call claim | a demand especially in the phrase the call of duty |
wage claim pay claim | the wage demanded from management for workers by their union representatives |
adjuster adjustor claims adjuster claims adjustor claim agent | one who investigates insurance claims or claims for damages and recommends an effective settlement |
claim jumper | one who illegally occupies property to which another has a legal claim |
damages amends indemnity indemnification restitution redress | a sum of money paid in compensation for loss or injury |
actual damages compensatory damages general damages | (law) compensation for losses that can readily be proven to have occurred and for which the injured party has the right to be compensated |
nominal damages | (law) a trivial sum (usually $.) awarded as recognition that a legal injury was sustained (as for technical violations of a contract) |
punitive damages exemplary damages smart money | (law) compensation in excess of actual damages (a form of punishment awarded in cases of malicious or willful misconduct) |
double damages | twice the amount that a court would normally find the injured party entitled to |
treble damages | three times the amount that a court would normally find the injured party entitled to |
claim take exact | take as an undesirable consequence of some event or state of affairs, the accident claimed three lives, The hard work took its toll on her |
claim | assert or affirm strongly, state to be true or existing, He claimed that he killed the burglar |
claim take | lay claim to, as of an idea, She took credit for the whole idea |
claim | ask for legally or make a legal claim to, as of debts, for example, They claimed on the maximum allowable amount |
claim lay claim arrogate | demand as being one's due or property, assert one's right or title to, He claimed his suitcases at the airline counter, Mr. Smith claims special tax exemptions because he is a foreign resident |