ADJUST

To bring to proper relations; to settle; to determine and apportion an amount due. Flaherty v. Insurance Co., 20 App. Div. 275, 46 N. Y. Supp. 934; Miller v. Insurance Co., 113 Iowa, 211, 84 N. W. 1049; Washington County v. St Louis, etc., R. Co., 58 Mo. 376. ADJUSTMENT, In the law of insurance, the adjustment of a lo is the ascertain;ment of its amount and the ratable distribution of it among those liable to pay it; the settling and ascertaining the amount ot the indemnity which the a ured, after all allowances and deductions made, is entitled td receive. under,the policy, and fixing the proixirtion whl~h.each underw.riter is ll11ble t.o PRJ'.~ Uarl!li: Ins. (4th..:iin) 499; 2 PhiL [s. 42]