n. | 1. | The act of assuring; a declaration tending to inspire full confidence; that which is designed to give confidence. |
2. | The state of being assured; firm persuasion; full confidence or trust; freedom from doubt; certainty. | |
3. | Firmness of mind; undoubting, steadiness; intrepidity; courage; confidence; self-reliance. | |
4. | Excess of boldness; impudence; audacity; | |
5. | Betrothal; affiance. | |
6. | Insurance; a contract for the payment of a sum on occasion of a certain event, as loss or death. | |
7. | (Law) Any written or other legal evidence of the conveyance of property; a conveyance; a deed. |
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2. | assurance - a binding commitment to do or give or refrain from something; "an assurance of help when needed"; "signed a pledge never to reveal the secret" Synonyms: pledge | |
3. | assurance - a statement intended to inspire confidence; "the President's assurances were not respected" | |
4. | assurance - a British term for some kinds of insurance |
ASSURANCE, com. law. Insurance. (q.v.)
ASSURANCE, conveyancing. This is called a common assurance. But the term assurances includes, in an enlarged sense, all instruments which dispose of property, whether they be the grants of private persons, or not; such are fines and recoveries, and private acts of the legislature. Eunom. Dial. 2, s. 5.
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