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Hold-Harmless Clause

For Hold-Harmless Clause we have terms and definitions in 4 topics. The topics are Advocacy, Congressional, Medical Malpractice Insurance and Real Estate.



Hold-harmless Clause (Advocacy)

A provision added to legislation to ensure that recipients of federal funds do not receive less in a future year than they did in the current year if a new formula for allocating funds authorized in the legislation would result in a reduction to the recipients.


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Hold-harmless Clause (Congressional)

A provision added to legislation to ensure that recipients of federal funds do not receive less in a future year than they did in the current year if a new formula for allocating funds authorized in the legislation would result in a reduction to the recipients. This clause has been used most frequently to soften the impact of sudden reductions in federal grants.


Hold-harmless Clause (Medical Malpractice Insurance)

A hold-harmless clause (also known as an indemnification clause) attempts to shift liability from one party to another (e.g., from an HMO to an employed physician).


Hold-harmless Clause (Real Estate)

A contract provision whereby one party agrees to indemnify and protect the other party from any injuries or lawsuits arising out of the particular transaction. Such clauses are usually found in leases in which the lessee agrees to "indemnify, defend and hold harmless" the lessor from claims and suits of third persons for damage resulting from the lessee's negligence on the leased premises.




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