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indemnity 1. legal exemption from penalties or liabilities incurred through one's acts or defaults 2. (in Canada) the salary paid to a member of Parliament or of a legislature 3. act of indemnity an act of Parliament granting exemption to public officers from technical penalties that they may have been compelled to incur How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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Russia and England between them can pay an indemnity which will make Germany rich beyond the dreams of avarice. This indemnity amounted to the pretty little sum of twenty- five thousand francs. On his arrival, as an indemnity for alleged insults offered to the flag of his country, he demanded some twenty or thirty thousand dollars to be placed in his hands forthwith, and in default of payment, threatened to land and take possession of the place. |
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