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Page 242 - ... accordingly, if the said being thereunto required, do render and deliver the said letters of administration (approbation of such testament being first had and made) in the said court, then this obligation to be void and of none effect, or else to remain in full force and virtue.
Page 631 - ... of the seas, men-ofwar, fire, enemies, pirates, rovers, thieves, jettisons, letters of mart and countermart, surpri.sals, takings at sea, arrests, restraints and detainments of all kings, princes, and people, of what nation, condition, or quality soever, barratry of the master and mariners, and of all other perils, losses, and misfortunes that have or shall come to the hurt, detriment, or damage of the said goods and merchandises and ship, &c., or any part thereof...
Page 631 - And so we the assurers are contented, and do hereby promise and bind ourselves each one for his own part, our heirs, executors, and goods to the assured, their executors, administrators, and assigns for the true performance of the premises, confessing ourselves paid the consideration due unto us for this assurance by the assured at and after the rate of IN WITNESS WHEREOF we the assurers have subscribed our names and sums assured in (London).
Page 435 - The question for the opinion of the court was whether the plaintiff was entitled to recover. If...
Page 406 - States shall be deemed to be the "master" thereof; and every person (apprentices excepted) who shall be employed or engaged to serve in any capacity on board the same shall be deemed and taken to be a "seaman...
Page 279 - Davison, lawfully begotten, and of the heirs male of the body of such first son lawfully issuing, and for default of such issue, to the use of the second...
Page 480 - ... signed, sealed, and published, in the presence of, and attested by, three or more credible witnesses...
Page 368 - Summons under their Hands and Seals, or under the Hand and Seal of any One of them, to require the Attendance before them, at a Place and Time to be mentioned in the Summons, which Time shall be a reasonable Time from the Date of such Summons, of any Persons whomsoever whose Evidence, in the Judgment of such...
Page 267 - ... that then, and in every such case, it shall and may be lawful to and for the said...
Page 631 - Touching the adventures and perils which we the assurers are contented to bear and do take upon us in this voyage: they are of the seas, men of war, fire, enemies, pirates, rovers, thieves, jettisons, letters of mart and countermart, surprisals, takings at sea, arrests, restraints, and detainments of all kings, princes, and people, of what nation, condition, or quality soever...

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