DISABILITY COMPENSATION
disability compensation.Payments from public or private funds to a disabled person who
cannot work, such as social-security or workers’-compensation benefits. — Also termed disability
benefits. [Cases: Social Security and Public Welfare 140.5–140.40; Workers’ Compensation
836–902.C.J.S. Social Security and Public Welfare §§ 48–55, 58–59, 61; Workmen’s
Compensation §§ 545–591.] [Blacks Law 8th]