hold harmless
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.77 in modern English
21
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
2
Syllables
9
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "a hold harmless clause"
- "The first is a hold harmless agreement—a legal contract that limits or transfers liabilities between two parties. Like insurance, you usually have to make a hold harmless agreement before a liability occurs."
- "An authority tow law described under Virginia Statute Section 46.2-1212.1, entitled "Authority to provide for removal and disposition of vehicles and cargos of vehicles involved in accidents," contains a hold harmless provision under Part B of the law."
- "The indemnify language is the "indemnity clause" (covering liabilities to third parties) and the hold harmless is the "exculpatory clause" (releasing first-party liability—this is, so that the hold harmless phrase releases a wrongdoing indemnitee where indemnify would not have this effect)."