The states must at last engage to the merchants here that they will
indemnify them from all that shall fall out.
Sir W. Temple.
2. To make restitution or compensation for, as for that which is lost;
to make whole; to reimburse; to compensate. Beattie.
In*dem"ni*ty (?), n.; pl. Indemnities (#). [L. indemnitas, fr. indemnis
uninjured: cf. F. indemnité. See Indemnify.]
1. Security; insurance; exemption from loss or damage, past or to come;
immunity from penalty, or the punishment of past offenses; amnesty.
Having first obtained a promise of indemnity for the riot they had
committed.
Sir W. Scott.
2. Indemnification, compensation, or remuneration for loss, damage, or
injury sustained.
They were told to expect, upon the fall of Walpole, a large and
lucrative indemnity for their pretended wrongs.
Ld. Mahon.
Insurance is a contract of indemnity. Arnould. The owner of private
property taken for public use is entitled to compensation or indemnity.
Kent.
Act of indemnity (Law), an act or law passed in order to relieve
persons, especially in an official station, from some penalty to which
they are liable in consequence of acting illegally, or, in case of
ministers, in consequence of exceeding the limits of their strict
constitutional powers. These acts also sometimes provide compensation
for losses or damage, either incurred in the service of the government,
or resulting from some public measure.
In`de*mon`stra*bil"i*ty (?), n. The quality of being indemonstrable.
In`de*mon"stra*ble (?), a. [L. indemonstrabilis. See In- not, and
Demonstrable.] Incapable of being demonstrated. --
In`de*mon"stra*ble*ness, n.
In*den`i*za"tion (?), n. The act of naturalizing; endenization. [R.]
Evelyn.