Hazardous Contract

A contract in which the performance of that which is one of its objects depends on an uncertain event. Civ. Code La. art. 1769; 1 Bouv. Inst, note 707; 1 J. J. Marsh (Ky.) 596; 3 J. J. Marsh. (Ky.) 84. See "Maritime Loan." HE, or HIS. The use of the masculine pronoun is not, as a rule of construction, conclusive that only males are embraced thereby. 71 Cal. 38.

A contract in which the performance of that which is one of its objects depends on an uncertain evenU La. Civ. Code, art. 1700. See Mabitime Loan. In a fire insurance policy, the terms “hazardous,” “extra hazardous,” “specially ha«ardous,” and “not hazardous," are well understood technical terms, having distinct meanings. A policy covering only goods “hazardous” and “not hazardous” cannot be made to cover goods or merchandise “extra hazardous” or “specially hazardous;” Pindar V. Ins. Co., 38 N. Y. 364. On the otlier hand, it has been held that “hazardous” and “extra hazardous” are terms having no technical meaning, but are to be taken in their popular sense of dangerous and extra dangerous; Russell v. Ins. Co., 60 Minn. 409, 52 N. W. 906. See Risks AND PeBILS. HE. Properly a pronoun of the masculine gender, but usually construed in statutes to include both sexes and corporations. Where in a written instrument, a person, whose name was designated by an initial is referred to as “he,” it is not conclusive that such pei'son is a man, but the contrary may be shown by parol; Berniaud v. Beecher, 71 Cal.^8, 11 Pac. 802. See His.

See Contract.

Defined under Hazardous in Black's Law Dictionary.