National Association of Crime Victim Compensation Boards

The coordinating body for state compensation programs. It maintains a directory of every state program. It is not itself a payer — applications go to the state.

What kind of thing this is

National Association of Crime Victim Compensation Boards is an organisation in this field. This definition comes from a standards body or an industry institution rather than from government. That makes it authoritative about practice and silent about legal obligation — a distinction worth keeping when a company cites it.

Where you will meet it

Terms in this glossary turn up on quotes, insurance claims and state forms — usually at a moment when nobody has the patience to look them up.

Why the wording matters

This site defines terms in under forty words wherever it can, and attaches the practical consequence rather than leaving it implied. A definition that tells you what something is, without telling you what follows from it, is trivia at a moment when nobody has room for trivia.