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Double insurance
Double insurance takes place when the assured makes two or more insurances on the same subject, the same risk, and the same interest. The assured may recover the amount of his actual loss against any of the
Dangerous goods
goods which are of a dangerous nature. Means any article or substance which is capable of posing significant risk to health, safety or property when carried by air, Air Navigation (Dangerous Goods) Regulation, 1985, SI 1985/1939, reg.
Course of public justice
was made the mischief existed whether it was capable of identifying individuals or not; and that although the risk of an innocent person being subjected to wrongful arrest might be the greater in the former instance, it
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Contract of marine insurance
usage, be extended so as to protect the assured against losses on inland waters or against any land risk which may be incidental to a sea voyage, and it may also cover a ship in the course
Contract for sale of land
of the contract of sale the property belongs in equity to the purchaser and is at the purchaser's risk, see INSURANCE, but until the date of completion or other agreed data such as when a good title
Common employment
as an implied part of the contract take upon himself, as between himself and his master, the natural risks and perils incident to the performance of such services; the presumption of law being that the compensation was
Children
4) children under sixteen to beg in the streets, or exposing (s. 11) children under seven to the risk of burning, or allowing (s. 3) persons between the ages of four and sixteen to be in brothels,
Breach of confidence
Breach of confidence, is constituted by the unjustified disclosure or use, or by the unjustified putting at risk of such discloser or use, of the information imparted or, in the case of third parties, by the
Average
maritime law is shared proportionately between the shipowners and the owners of the cargo, according to value. This risk is almost always covered by insurance. An Average Bond is a bond entered into by the consignees of
Attractive nuisance
Attractive nuisance, means a dangerous condition that may attract children onto land, thereby causing a risk to their safety, Black Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 1094.
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