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.
A shingle roof in Zakopane, Poland. With an area of 6000 mÂ² it was one of the largest wooden shingle roofs in Europe. Roof shingles are a roof covering consisting of individual overlapping elements. These elements are typically flat, rectangular shapes laid in courses from the bottom edge of the roof up, with each successive course overlapping the joints below.