salvage rights
- The authority of an insurance company to sell or dispose of an item they've compensated for as a total loss
- After the fire, the insurance company exercised its salvage rights to dispose of the burnt furniture.
- The car, deemed a total loss after the accident, was sold off as part of the insurance company's salvage rights.
- Under salvage rights, the insurer auctioned off the storm-damaged yacht.
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