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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... principle of Ins . to the contingencies of mercantile and trade credit opens up a series of considerations differing ... principles of average as the operation of anything which we regard as pure chance . That has been estab . in regard ...
... principle of Ins . to the contingencies of mercantile and trade credit opens up a series of considerations differing ... principles of average as the operation of anything which we regard as pure chance . That has been estab . in regard ...
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... principles above explained have exclusive reference to bankruptcy ; but the promoters deem it essential to the ... principle of ins . had been brought to bear , not only as a protection against shipwreck and fire , but also against ...
... principles above explained have exclusive reference to bankruptcy ; but the promoters deem it essential to the ... principle of ins . had been brought to bear , not only as a protection against shipwreck and fire , but also against ...
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... principle , has already achieved the most remarkable success , and been productive of extensive advantages to the ... principles herein before mentioned . By art . 34 of rules , the assured who declares for £ 50,000 and upwards , may ...
... principle , has already achieved the most remarkable success , and been productive of extensive advantages to the ... principles herein before mentioned . By art . 34 of rules , the assured who declares for £ 50,000 and upwards , may ...
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... principle of a sliding scale , the trader parti . in the profit or loss of his own transactions ; this fluctuation operating as an encouragement to prudence , or as a fine upon carelessness . The subs . on gross ann . return guarantees ...
... principle of a sliding scale , the trader parti . in the profit or loss of his own transactions ; this fluctuation operating as an encouragement to prudence , or as a fine upon carelessness . The subs . on gross ann . return guarantees ...
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... principle of assu . against commercial losses has been already applied in this country . The average of such losses , spread over a number of years , gives an average per - centage upon the cap . employed to the full , as constant as ...
... principle of assu . against commercial losses has been already applied in this country . The average of such losses , spread over a number of years , gives an average per - centage upon the cap . employed to the full , as constant as ...
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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.