provision
Definitions of provision
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a supply of something available for future usesynonyms: stocktypes:réserve de grainea supply of seeds (or tubers) reserved for plantingtype of:accumulation(finance) profits that are not paid out as dividends but are added to the capital base of the corporation
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an amount of something available for usesynonyms: approvisionnementtype of:quantité indéfiniean estimated quantity
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promise of reimbursement in the case of loss; paid to people or companies so concerned about hazards that they have made prepayments to an insurance companysynonyms: couverturetypes:assurancea British term for some kinds of insuranceassurance-automobilesinsurance against loss due to theft or traffic accidentsassurance contre l'incendieinsurance against loss due to fireassurance maladieinsurance against loss due to ill healthassuranceinsurance paid to named beneficiaries when the insured person diesréassurancesharing the risk by insurance companies; part or all of the insurer's risk is assumed by other companies in return for part of the premium paid by the insuredtype of:sauvegardedefense against financial failure; financial independence
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Dred Scott v. Sandford (1857)
On March 6, 1857, Chief Justice Roger B. Taney delivered the majority opinion in the Dred Scott Case. Scott, a slave, had been brought from a slave territory to a free territory and demanded his freedom. The Court ruled that as an enslaved person, Scott was not a citizen and could not sue in the courts. The decision further polarized the North and the South and ended any chance of compromise. This pro-slavery Supreme Court decision illuminates how the issue of slavery brought the nation to the brink of the Civil War. Read the full text here.
