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Current as of January 01, 2023 | Updated by FindLaw Staff
The following words and phrases, when used in this Article, shall, for the purposes of this Article, have the meanings respectively ascribed to them in this section, except in those instances where the context clearly indicates a different meaning:
(1) Repealed by Laws 1973, c. 1330, § 39.
(2) Repealed by Laws 1991, c. 726, § 20.
(3) “Judgment”: Any judgment which shall have become final by expiration without appeal of the time within which an appeal might have been perfected, or by final affirmation on appeal, rendered by a court of competent jurisdiction of any state or of the United States, upon a cause of action arising out of the ownership, maintenance or use of any motor vehicle, for damages, including damages for care and loss of services, because of bodily injury to or death of any person, or for damages because of injury to or destruction of property, including the loss of use thereof, or upon a cause of action on an agreement of settlement for such damages.
(4) to (6) Repealed by Laws 1973, c. 1330, § 39.
(6a) Motor vehicle.--This term includes mopeds, as that term is defined in G.S. 20-4.01.
(7) “Nonresident's operating privilege”: The privilege conferred upon a nonresident by the laws of this State pertaining to the operation by him of a motor vehicle in this State.
(8) to (10) Repealed by Laws 1973, c. 1330, § 39.
(11) “Proof of financial responsibility”: Proof of ability to respond in damages for liability, on account of accidents occurring subsequent to the effective date of said proof, arising out of the ownership, maintenance or use of a motor vehicle, in the amount of thirty thousand dollars ($30,000) because of bodily injury to or death of one person in any one accident, and, subject to said limit for one person, in the amount of sixty thousand dollars ($60,000) because of bodily injury to or death of two or more persons in any one accident, and in the amount of twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000) because of injury to or destruction of property of others in any one accident. Nothing contained herein shall prevent an insurer and an insured from entering into a contract, not affecting third parties, providing for a deductible as to property damage at a rate approved by the Commissioner of Insurance.
(12) Repealed by Laws 1973, c. 1330, § 39.
Cite this article: FindLaw.com - North Carolina General Statutes Chapter 20. Motor Vehicles § 20-279.1. Definitions - last updated January 01, 2023 | https://codes.findlaw.com/nc/chapter-20-motor-vehicles/nc-gen-st-sect-20-279-1/
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