workmen's compensation insurance
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of workmen's compensation insurance
First recorded in 1915–20
Example Sentences
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Obligations toward others generally for personal injuries is the basis of liability and workmen's compensation insurance, of which the latter has had an almost mushroom development of late years.
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Like workmen's compensation insurance, the professors' "basic protection plan" permits recovery without proof of fault.
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Workmen's compensation; insurance, principles and practice. © 25Feb35; A80817.
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To-day the Ohio State Insurance Fund is the largest carrier of workmen's compensation insurance, public or private, in the world.
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