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Definition of Insurances
1. insurance [n] - See also: insurance
Lexicographical Neighbors of Insurances
Literary usage of Insurances
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Parliamentary Debates by Great Britain Parliament, Thomas Curson Hansard (1828)
"DUTY ON insurances.] Mr. Alderman Thompson rose to present a petition from the
Insurance Offices of London and Westminster. It was signed by Iwo chartered ..."
2. Essays on the Progress of Nations in Civilization, Productive Industry by Ezra Champion Seaman (1868)
"insurances, and Insurance Companies. The system of insurances is of ...
Life insurances ; and 4th. insurances against accidents, and injuries to the person. ..."
3. A treatise of equity by Henry Ballow, John Fonblanque (1820)
"BUT there are some sorts of gaming and usury not at all prohibited by law or
equity; as in ease of insurances and bottomry bonds (1), which are allowed for ..."
4. The Law and Practice of Marine Insurance: Deduced from a Critical by John Duer (1845)
"Invalidity of insurances when property liable to confiscation as prize—$ 2. ...
insurances upon enemies' property in England, prohibited by common law—* 9. ..."
5. A Treatise on the Law of Insurance of Every Kind by Joseph Asbury Joyce (1917)
"... where the amount of the first insurance is not equal to the value of the risk,
though the aggregate amount of both insurances exceed it. ..."
6. A Digest of the Law of Shipping and of Marine Insurance by Harry Newson (1883)
"insurances effected on a vessel or goods belonging to an enemy are illegal and of
... This rule will apply equally to the case of insurances made before the ..."
7. A Treatise on the Law of Marine Insurance and Average: With References to by Joseph Arnould (1850)
"insurances on Voyages or Traffic illegal by the * 725 Laws of War, as they affect
... insurances to protect Trading with the Enemy and on Enemy's Property. ..."