A Handbook to Marine Insurance: Being a Guide to the History, Law and Practice of an Integral Part of Commerce, for the Business Man and the StudentH.F. & G. Witherby, 1924 - 408 pages |
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... means of warehouses , and great distributing centres ; that in London being originally called the Gilhalda Teutonicorum and later the Stilliard ( Staëlhof , Stapelhouse , Stillyard , Steleyard or Steelyard ) . This was situated on the ...
... means of warehouses , and great distributing centres ; that in London being originally called the Gilhalda Teutonicorum and later the Stilliard ( Staëlhof , Stapelhouse , Stillyard , Steleyard or Steelyard ) . This was situated on the ...
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... means of which . . . it comes to pass that upon the loss or perishing of any ship there follows not the undoing of any man , but the loss alights rather easily upon many men than heavily upon few , and rather on those that adventure not ...
... means of which . . . it comes to pass that upon the loss or perishing of any ship there follows not the undoing of any man , but the loss alights rather easily upon many men than heavily upon few , and rather on those that adventure not ...
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... means ; in other words , his liability is unlimited . " All candidates for admission to underwriting membership have to deposit with the Committee such security for their underwriting liabilities as the Committee , in their discretion ...
... means ; in other words , his liability is unlimited . " All candidates for admission to underwriting membership have to deposit with the Committee such security for their underwriting liabilities as the Committee , in their discretion ...
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... means , and to the security which he has furnished , holders of Lloyd's Policies are further protected by the fact that every member of Lloyd's must furnish annually to the Committee a certificate by a public Accountant approved by the ...
... means , and to the security which he has furnished , holders of Lloyd's Policies are further protected by the fact that every member of Lloyd's must furnish annually to the Committee a certificate by a public Accountant approved by the ...
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... means of a line 12 inches in length , I inch in thickness , placed immediately above the disc , horizontally . In addition to the Board of Trade the following shipping register authorities are empowered to assign freeboard : Lloyd's ...
... means of a line 12 inches in length , I inch in thickness , placed immediately above the disc , horizontally . In addition to the Board of Trade the following shipping register authorities are empowered to assign freeboard : Lloyd's ...
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Popular passages
Page 214 - 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...
Page 374 - ... shipped" bill of lading. 8. Any clause, covenant, or agreement in a contract of carriage relieving the carrier or the ship from liability for loss or damage to, or in connection with, goods arising from negligence, fault, or failure in the duties and obligations provided in this article or lessening such liability otherwise than as provided in these Rules, shall be null and void and of no effect.
Page 214 - 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...
Page 377 - Any agreement so entered into shall have full legal effect: Provided that this article shaIl not apply to ordinary commercial shipments made in the ordinary course of trade...
Page 103 - Subject to the provisions of this section, the assured must disclose to the insurer, before the contract is concluded, every material circumstance which is known to the assured, and the assured is deemed to know every circumstance which, in the ordinary course of business, ought to be known by him.
Page 374 - In any event the carrier and the ship shall be discharged from all liability in respect of loss or damage unless suit is brought within one year after delivery of the goods or the date when the goods should have been delivered.
Page 165 - There is a general average act where any extraordinary sacrifice or expenditure is voluntarily and reasonably made or incurred in time of peril for the purpose of preserving the property imperilled in the common adventure.
Page 146 - ... he is not liable for any loss which is not proximately caused by a peril insured against.
Page 161 - Upon the abandonment of a ship, the insurer thereof is entitled to any freight in course of being earned, and which is earned by her subsequent to the casualty causing the loss, less the expenses of earning it incurred after the casualty; and, where the ship is carrying the owner's goods, the insurer is entitled to a reasonable remuneration for the carriage of them subsequent to the casualty causing the loss.
Page 359 - Damage by Jettison and Sacrifice for the Common Safety Damage done to a ship and cargo, or either of them, by or in consequence of a sacrifice made for the common safety, and by water which goes down a ship's hatches opened or other opening made for the purpose of making a jettison for the common safety, shall be made good as general average.