Simpson v. STATE MUT. LIFE ASSUR. CO. OF AM.

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• providing another definition as “marked by absence of an intervening agency, instrumentality, or influence”
• “It is settled law that in the interpretation of insurance contracts, when a pivotal word is not defined either in the policy or the application it is permissible for the court to take judicial notice of its meaning as given in standard works, such as dictionaries.” (quotation omitted

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