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Optional Coverage

Insurance coverage provided by a policy that is beyond what is required by law. Includes Collision Coverage and Comprehensive Coverage.

Occasional Driver

A person who operates an insured vehicle who is not considered the primary or principle driver.

OBLIGATION EXPRESS

an obligation where a person is bound by the express terms to carry out a certain promise.

OFFICIAL

1. An officer. 2. Pertaining to an office, official duties.

OFFENDER

the name that is used for a person who is guilty of an offense according to law.

OSHA

the abbreviation for the Occupational Safety and Health Act.

OBLIGATION PRIMARY

the name given to the obligation that is the main or ;primary reason for a contract.

OLD-AGE ASSISTANCE

a term that is given to the financial assistance that is given to the poor and the elderly people.

OFFENSIVE LANGUAGE

the term that is applied to hurtful, derogatory or obscene comments made by one person to another person.

OBLITERATE

a term that is used to describe the cancelling out or erasing of written material in a legal document.

OBLIGATION PERSONAL

the name given to the obligation where a person binds himself to fulfill it and solely to carry it out.

ORIGINAL PATENT

the term applied to a basic patent or a patent that is a new discovery in a new field.

OFFER OF PROOF

a term that is applied to presentation to a court that states the testimony and proof that is introduced to prove a case.

OTC

an abbreviation for the phrase over the counter. See NASDAQ.

OBLIGATION SECONDARY

the term that describes the obligation needing to be fulfilled if the principal obligation can’t be fulfilled.

ODIUM

a term that describes hated and malice.

OVERCOME

a term that is used for overcoming evidence that is presented by a party to a suit by presenting more convincing evidence.

OPTIONAL BOND

the term given to a bond that is able to be called for payment at a date before it comes to maturity.

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