fidelity bond
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fidelity bond — or fidelity insurance Insurance protecting an employer from losses resulting from the deliberate misappropriation of the firm s assets by one or more of its employees. Fidelity insurance is obtained by most financial institutions. American Banker … Financial and business terms
fidelity bond — see bond 1a Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster. 1996. fidelity bond … Law dictionary
Fidelity Bond — A form of business insurance that offers an employer protection against losses either monetary or physical caused by its employees fraudulent or dishonest actions. Fidelity bonds are often held by insurance companies and brokerage firms, which… … Investment dictionary
fidelity bond — Contract of fidelity insurance. Runcie v. Corn Exchange Bank Trust Co., Sup., 6 N.Y.S.2d 616, 620. A guaranty of personal honesty of officer furnishing indemnity against his defalcation or negligence. Phillips v. Board of Education of Pineville,… … Black's law dictionary
fidelity bond — Contract of fidelity insurance. Runcie v. Corn Exchange Bank Trust Co., Sup., 6 N.Y.S.2d 616, 620. A guaranty of personal honesty of officer furnishing indemnity against his defalcation or negligence. Phillips v. Board of Education of Pineville,… … Black's law dictionary
fidelity bond — noun : a bond or other form of contract for indemnifying an employer against financial loss due to the dishonesty of an employee see insurance * * * fidelity bond, a bond issued as fidelity insurance … Useful english dictionary
Fidelity bond — A fidelity bond is a form of protection that covers policyholders for losses that they incur as a result of fraudulent acts by specified individuals. It usually insures a business for losses caused by the dishonest acts of its employees.While… … Wikipedia
fidelity bond — A bond conditioned upon payment of loss resulting from embezzlement by an officer or employee, usually construed as an insurance contract, notwithstanding it is nominally in the form of a contract of suretyship. See fidelity guaranty insurance … Ballentine's law dictionary
fidelity bond — An insurance policy that provides cover against specified losses occurring from the dishonest acts or defalcations by an employee … Accounting dictionary
bond — 1 n 1 a: a usu. formal written agreement by which a person undertakes to perform a certain act (as appear in court or fulfill the obligations of a contract) or abstain from performing an act (as committing a crime) with the condition that failure … Law dictionary
