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Glossary of Auto
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Parties: Persons, corporations, or
associations, who have commenced a law suit or who are defendants.
Personal Auto Policy: The most common auto
insurance policy sold today. Often referred to as "PAP,"
this policy provides coverage for liability, medical payments,
uninsured/under insured motorist coverage, and physical damage
protection.
Personal Injury Protection: Personal Injury
Protection (PIP) usually includes benefits for medical expenses,
loss of income from work, essential services, accidental death,
funeral expenses, and survivor benefits.
Petition: Written application to a court
requesting a remedy available under law.
Petition for review: A document filed in
the state Supreme Court asking for a review of a decision made by
the Court of Appeals.
Perjury: Making intentionally false
statements under oath. Perjury is a criminal offense.
Physical Damage: Damage to your covered
vehicle from perils including (but not limited to) collision or
upset with another vehicle object, fire, vandalism and theft.
Plaintiff: The party who begins an action;
the party who complains or sues in an action and is named as such
in the court's records. Also called a petitioner.
Plea: A defendant's official statement of
"guilty" or "not guilty" to the charge(s) made
against him.
Pleadings: Formal, written allegations by
the parties of their respective claims.
Policy: The written documents of a contract
for insurance between the insurance company and the insured. Such
documents include forms, endorsements, riders and attachments.
Polling the jury: A practice whereby the
jurors are asked individually whether they agreed, and still
agree, with the verdict.
Precedent: Previously decided case which is
recognized as an authority for determining future cases.
Preponderance of evidence: The general
standard of proof in civil cases. The weight of evidence presented
by one side is more convincing to the trier of facts than the
evidence presented by the opposing side.
Presiding judge: Chief or administrative
judge of a court.
Proceeding: Any hearing or court appearance
related to the adjudication of a case.
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