JURISDICTIONAL ANALYSIS. We provide below our analysis of the insurability of punitive damages in the fifty United States and in the District of Columbia. Our analysis addresses the insurability of both directly assessed and vicariously assessed punitive damages.
Definition of 'shingle'. shingle (ÊÉªÅgÉl ) Shingle is a mass of small rough pieces of stone on the shore of a sea or a river. ...a beach of sand and shingle. Shingles is a disease in which painful red spots spread in bands over a person's body, especially around their waist. 3. countable noun. Shingles are thin pieces of wood or another material which are fixed in rows to cover a roof or wall.
The term shake is sometimes used as a colloquialism for all wood shingles, though shingles are sawn rather than split. In traditional usage, shake refers to the board to which the shingle is nailed, not the shingle. Split wooden shingles are referred to as shag shingles.