utmost good faith

British

noun

Also called: uberrima fides. a principle used in insurance contracts, legally obliging all parties to reveal to the others any information that might influence the others' decision to enter into the contract

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In the three centuries since it was founded in Edward Lloyd's Thames-side coffee house, Lloyd's has operated under the watchword "utmost good faith."

From Time Magazine Archive

You know that he has observed 101 them all with the utmost good faith.

From Life of Tecumseh, and of His Brother the Prophet With a Historical Sketch of the Shawanoe Indians by Drake, Benjamin

On the contrary, he behaved to me with the utmost good faith and honour.

From Some Christmas Stories by Dickens, Charles

You know that he has observed them all with the utmost good faith.

From Four American Indians King Philip, Pontiac, Tecumseh, Osceola by Perry, F. M. (Frances Melville)

I remark in the first place that the provisions of these treaties must be carried out with the utmost good faith and the nicest exactness.

From The Treaties of Canada with the Indians of Manitoba and the North-West Territories Including the Negotiations on Which They Were Based, and Other Information Relating Thereto by Morris, Alexander

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