The Insurance Cyclopeadia: Being a Dictionary of the Definitions of Terms Used in Connexion with the Theory and Practice of Insurance in All Its Branches: a Biographical Summary ... a Bibliographical Repertory of All Works Written Upon the Subject ... an Historical Treasury of Events and Circumstances Connected with the Origin and Progress of Insurance ...C. and E. Layton, 1873 |
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... given whenever possible . Writers on Insurance subjects generally , have a great disregard for chronological exactitude . Words in Small Capitals placed in brackets , as [ USURY ] , mean that the subject will be further treated of under ...
... given whenever possible . Writers on Insurance subjects generally , have a great disregard for chronological exactitude . Words in Small Capitals placed in brackets , as [ USURY ] , mean that the subject will be further treated of under ...
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... given for the balance at int . at the rate of £ 5 p.c. p.a. , in which case the whole or any portion thereof , with int . , may be called up by resolution of the directors , of which not less than 14 days ' notice shall be given . A ...
... given for the balance at int . at the rate of £ 5 p.c. p.a. , in which case the whole or any portion thereof , with int . , may be called up by resolution of the directors , of which not less than 14 days ' notice shall be given . A ...
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... given in the special prosp . of this department , are divided into 10 classes , and vary from 25. to 30s . and upwards p.c. , the differences being determined by the nature of the trade , and length of credit given . Each pol . is ...
... given in the special prosp . of this department , are divided into 10 classes , and vary from 25. to 30s . and upwards p.c. , the differences being determined by the nature of the trade , and length of credit given . Each pol . is ...
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... given on either side not to renew . The breach of contract now before the Court was the non - pay- ment by the defendants of the prem . for 1857 , and part of the prem . for 1858. The defendants pleaded that from and after 31st Dec ...
... given on either side not to renew . The breach of contract now before the Court was the non - pay- ment by the defendants of the prem . for 1857 , and part of the prem . for 1858. The defendants pleaded that from and after 31st Dec ...
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... given a complete outline of its principal operations under COMMERCIAL CREDIT INS . The Co. passed out of existence in 1856 . COMMERCIAL DEBT INS . SO . , projected in 1850 , with a proposed cap . of £ 500,000 , in 25,000 shares of £ 20 ...
... given a complete outline of its principal operations under COMMERCIAL CREDIT INS . The Co. passed out of existence in 1856 . COMMERCIAL DEBT INS . SO . , projected in 1850 , with a proposed cap . of £ 500,000 , in 25,000 shares of £ 20 ...
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Popular passages
Page 103 - Any contract which if made between private persons would by law be valid although made by parol only, and not reduced into writing, may be made by...
Page 103 - Act may be made as follows ; (that is to say,) (1.) Any contract which if made between private persons would be bylaw required to be in writing, and if made according to English law to be under seal, may be made on behalf of the company in writing under the common seal of the, company...
Page 64 - ... inasmuch as the written words are the immediate language and terms selected by the parties themselves for the expression of their meaning, and the printed words are a general formula adapted equally to their case and that of all other contracting parties upon similar occasions and subjects.
Page 160 - March, one thousand eight hundred and sixty (at 12 o'clock at noon), the said loss or damage to be estimated according to the true and actual cash value of the said property at the time the same shall happen...
Page 185 - tis too horrible ! The weariest and most loathed worldly life, ^ That age, ache, penury, and imprisonment Can lay on nature, is a paradise To what we fear of death.
Page 148 - A shout that tore Hell's concave, and beyond Frighted the reign of Chaos and old Night. All in a moment through the gloom were seen Ten thousand banners rise into the air With orient colours waving...
Page 348 - That place shall be considered and held to be the residence of a person in which his habitation is fixed, and to which, whenever he is absent, he has the intention of returning.
Page 210 - Majesty, or to any Person marrying a Second Time, whose Husband or Wife shall have been continually absent from such Person for the Space of Seven Years then last past, and shall not have been known by such Person to be living within that Time...
Page 397 - Thou shalt have a place also without the camp, whither thou shalt go forth abroad: and thou shalt have a paddle upon thy weapon ; and it shall be, when thou wilt ease thyself abroad, thou shalt dig therewith, and shalt turn back and cover that which cometh from thee...
Page 397 - For the LORD thy God walketh in the midst of thy camp, to deliver thee, and to give up thine enemies before thee; therefore shall thy camp be holy: that he see no unclean thing in thee, and turn away from thee.