Claim
Auto Insurance
Your request for the insurance company to pay you an amount under the terms of your policy.
- — Automobile Insurance Definitions retrieved 2014-05-19
A request for reimbursement for damages on an insured loss. Your claims to your company are first-party claims. Claims made by one person against another person's company are known as third-party claims.
- — Auto Insurance Glossary retrieved 2014-05-19
Notice to an insurance company that a loss has occurred which may be covered under the terms and conditions of the policy.
- — Auto Insurance Glossary retrieved 2014-05-19
Your request for the insurance company to pay you an amount under the terms of your policy for a covered peril.
- — Glossary of Auto Insurance Terms retrieved 2014-05-19
Homeowners Insurance
A request for reimbursement for damages on an insured loss. Your claims to your company are first-party claims. Claims made by one person against another person's company are known as third-party claims.
- — Homeowners Insurance Glossary retrieved 2014-05-16
A policyholder's request for reimbursement from an insurance company under a home insurance policy for a loss to property.
- — Glossary of Common Homeowners Insurance Terms retrieved 2014-05-16
Your request for the insurance company to pay you an amount under the terms of your policy.
- — Glossary of Homeowner Insurance Terms retrieved 2014-05-16
Personal Finance
You file an insurance claim when you send your insurance company paperwork asking the company to pay for any of the expenses your policy covers.
Health Insurance
A notification to your insurance company that payment is due under the policy provisions.
- — Glossary of Health Insurance Terms retrieved 2014-05-18
A request for payment that you or your health care provider submits to your health insurer when you get items or services you think are covered.
- — HealthCare.gov Glossary retrieved 2014-05-16
A request for payment that you or your health care provider submits to your health insurer after you receive items or services you think are covered.
- — Glossary of Health Coverage and Medical Terms retrieved 2014-05-18
Bankruptcy
A creditor's assertion of a right to payment from the debtor or the debtor's property.
Creditors right to payment.
Common Legal Terms
1. A cause of action in a law suit. 2. A debt owing by a debtor to another person or business.
Patent
the meat and potatoes of the patent application. A claim is a single sentence that describes one aspect of an invention; in a patent there can be hundreds of claims or only one. Since patent protection only covers what is exactly and explicitly laid out in the claims, they are, as you can imagine, incredibly important. Patent attorneys can spend months crafting these delicate sentences.
The definition of a monopoly right that an applicant is trying to obtain. The claims define the actual monopoly when the patent is granted. MPEP 608.01(i), MPEP 608.01(k), MPEP 608.01(m), MPEP 1309.01.
A numbered paragraph or paragraphs at the close of a patent application specifically stating what the inventor alleges as the invention. The claims define the legal scope of a patent.
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Microsoft Windows Server
A statement that a server makes (for example, name, identity, key, group, privilege, or capability) about a client.