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Definition of Perils
1. peril [v] - See also: peril
Lexicographical Neighbors of Perils
Literary usage of Perils
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Commentaries on American Law by James Kent (1873)
"(e) Those words apply to all * 300 * those natural perils and operations of the
elements which occur ... As to what are perils of the seas, Bee Dent v. ..."
2. The Works of John Locke by John Locke (1823)
"And not a proselyte, 24 very jaws of death, more than once: Of the Jews I have,
five 26 passed a night and a day in the sea: In journeyings often: in perils ..."
3. The Works of John Locke by John Locke (1823)
"Thrice was I whipped with rods: once was I stoned: thrice shipwrecked: I have 26
passed a night and a day in the sea: In journeyings often: in perils by ..."
4. The Law of Contracts by Theophilus Parsons (1883)
"A. — Of Loss by perils of the Sea. Questions arising from losses or injuries by
perils of the sea, come up between the owner and the insurer, ..."
5. Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl by Harriet Ann Jacobs, Lydia Maria Francis Child (1861)
"New perils. XX. NEW perils. THE doctor, more exasperated than ever, again tried
to revenge himself on my relatives. He arrested uncle Phillip on the charge ..."
6. Marine Insurance by Solomon Stephen Huebner (1920)
"CHAPTER V ANALYSIS OF THE perils COVERED Probably the most interesting portion
of the marine insurance policy is the following section which enumerates the ..."
7. Handbook of the Law of Insurance by William Reynolds Vance (1904)
""perils of the sea," is defined by Judge Lush in Merchants' Trading Co. v.
Universal Marine Co., cited by Blackburn, J.. in Dudgeon v. ..."
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