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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.

OCCUPATIONAL DISABILITY

the term that is given for the inability of a person to work that is caused by a person doing their job.

ON TRIAL

A term that is applied to a person being on trial while a case is tried in court.

OPINION OF COURT

the term that is given to the written statement by a court that gives the reasons why a certain decision was made.

OFFENSE SECOND

this is the term given to an act carried by a person that is unlawful and he has committed an unlawful act before.

ORAL DEPOSITION

the name that is given to the testimony of a witness that is spoken and taken out of court but with the instruction of the court.

OBLIGATION PERSONAL

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

OWNER REPUTED

the name that si given to the person who supposedly owns a property who may or may not be the legal owner. See owner, legal.

OSHA

the abbreviation for the Occupational Safety and Health Act.

OMNE

a Latin term that means anyone, any man or any woman.

OFFENSIVE LANGUAGE

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

OFFENDER

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

OTC

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

OBVIOUS

a term that means a thing is apparent, easily seen or understood.

ORDER NISI

the term given to the order to request a thing be done within a certain period of time.

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.

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