Marine Insurance
Defined in 6 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Ballentine's (1916), Bouvier (1914), Black's (1910), Black's (1891), Anderson (1889)
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
A contract of indemnity by which one party, for a stipulated premium, undertakes to indemnify the other, to the extent of the amount insured, against all perils of the sea, or certain enumerated perils, to which his ship, cargo, and freight, or some of them, may be exposed during a certain voyage, or a fixed period of time.
Ballentine's Law Dictionary
James A. Ballentine · 1916
Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia
John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914
See Insurance.
Black's Law Dictionary
Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
A contract whereby, for a consideration stipulated to be paid by one interested in a ship, freight, or cargo, subject to the risks of marine navigation, another undertakes to indemnify him against some or ali of those risks during a certnin period or voyage. 1 Phil. Ins. 1. A contract whereby one party, for a stipulated premium, undertakes to indemnify the other against certain perils or sea-risks to which his ship, freight, and cargo, or some of them, may be exposed during a certain voyage, or a fixed period of lime. 3 Kent, Comm. 253. Marine insurance la an insurance against risks connected with navigation, to which a ship, cargo, freightage, profits, or other insurable interest in movable property may be exposed during a certain voyage or a fixed period of time. Giv. Code Cal. § 2655. A contract of marine insurance is one by which a person or corporation, for a stipulated premium, injures another against losses occurring by the casualties of the sea. Co.de Ga. 1882, § 2824.
Defined under Insurance in Black's Law Dictionary.
A Dictionary of Law
Henry Campbell Black · 1891
A contract whereby, for a consideration stipulated to be paid by one interested in a ship, freight, or cargo, subject to the risks of marine navigation, another undertakes to indemnify him against some or all of those risks during a certain period or voyage. 1 Phil. Ins. 1, A contract whereby one party, for a stipulated premium, undertakes to indemnify the other against certain perils or gea-risks to which his ship, freight, and curgo, or some of them, may be exposed during a certain voyage, or a fixed period of iime, 8 Kent, Comm. 253. Marine insurance is an insurance against Tisks conneeted with navigation, to which a ship, cargo, freightage, profits, or other insurabie interest in movable property may be exposed during a certain voyage or a fixed period of time. Civil Code Cal. § 2655. A contract of marine insurance is one by which a person or corporation, for a stipnoccurring by the casnalties of the sea. Code Ga. 1882, § 2824,
A Dictionary of Law
William C. Anderson · 1889