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n. - A sum of money paid in compensation for loss or injury; Legal exemption from liability for damages; Protection against future loss.

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  • This exhibition is supported by an indemnity from the Federal Council on the Arts and the Humanities.
  • Her parents then demanded indemnity from the husband for the loss of their child, and the home became one of misery.
  • The purchase agreement will specify a process where the buyer can net out costs to satisfy the indemnity from the deferred money owed.
  • The objective of this plan is to make propaganda about the so called genocide, to have it recognised, to obtain indemnity and to acquire land from Turkey.
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