Definition of DISEASE in Black's Law Dictionary 4th Edition – Legal dictionary – Glossary of legal terms.
Definition of DISEASE
Deviation from the healthy or normal condition of any of the functions or tissues of the body; an alteration in the state of the body or of some of its organs, interrupting or disturbing the performance of the vital functions, and causing or threatening pain and weakness; illness; sickness; disorder; malady; bodily infirmity. Order of United Commercial Travelers of America v. Nicholson, C.C.A.N.Y., 9 F.2d 7, 14; Merriam v. Hamilton, 64 Or. 476, 130 P. 406, 407.
In construing a policy of life insurance, it is generally true that, before any temporary ailment can be called a "disease," it must be such as to indicate a vice in the constitution or be so serious as to have some bearing upon general health and the continuance of life, or such as, according to common understanding, would be called a "disease." Delaney v. Modern Ace. Club, 121 Iowa 528, 97 N.W. 91, 63 L.R.A. 603; Metropolitan Casualty Ins. Co. v. Cato, 113 Miss. 303, 74 So. 118, 119.
An ulcer is a "disease" or "infection," within Workmen's Compensation Law, § 3, subd. 7, declaring that "Injury," or "personal injury," as used in the act, means only accidental injuries arising out of and in the course of employment and such disease or infection as may naturally and unavoidably result therefrom. Pinto v. Chelsea Fibre Mills, 186 N.Y.S. 748, 750, 196 App.Div. 221; For "Existing Disease" see that title.
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