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Particular Average

Defined in 4 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Ballentine's (1916), Bouvier (1914), Stimson (1881)

The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary

Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922

Every kind of expense or damage, short of total loss, which regards a particular concern, and which is to be wholly borne by the proprietor of that concern or interest alone. 2 Phil. Ins. § 354; 1 Pars. Mar. Law, 284. See "Average."

Ballentine's Law Dictionary

James A. Ballentine · 1916

Any loss under a marine insurance policy less than a total one. See 44 N. Y. 204, 4 Am. Rep. 664.

Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia

John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914

Every kind of expense or damage, short of total loss, which regards a particular concern, and which is to be wholly borne by the proprietor of that concern or interest alone. See Barge tt v. Ins. Co., 3 Bosw. (N. Y.) 385; Pierce v. Ins. Co., 14 Allen (Mass.) 320; 2 Phill. Ins. § 354; 1 Pars. Marit. Law 284; Gourlie, Gen.

Glossary of Technical Terms, Phrases, and Maxims of the Common Law

Frederic Jesup Stimson · 1881

lien. v. an estate for life or years preceding