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sum certain
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Poundage
Poundage, a certain sum deducted from or added to each pound of any sum of money recovered by one person for another,
Insurance
the chances of benefit are equal to the insured and the insurer. The first actually pays a certain sum, and the latter undertakes to pay a larger, if an accident should happen. The one renders his property
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Debt
person to another. An action of debt lay where a person claimed the recovery of a liquidated or certain sum of money affirmed to be due to him; and it was generally founded on some contract alleged … Debt [fr. debitum, Lat.], a sum of money due from one person to another. An action of debt lay where a person claimed the
Bill of Exchange
to whom it is addressed to pay on demand or at a fixed or determinable future time a sum certain in money to or to the order of a specified person, or to bearer.' It is a chose … to whom it is addressed to pay on demand or at a fixed or determinable future time a sum certain in money to or to the order of a specified person, to bearer, Halsbury's Laws of England, Vol.
Interest
and compound. (a) Simple interest is that which is paid for the principal or sum lent, at a certain rate or allowance made by law, or agreement of parties. (b) Compound interest is when the arrears of … Interest. 1. Money paid at a fixed rate per cent. for the loan or use of some other sum, called the principal. It is distinguished into simple and compound. (a) Simple interest is that which is paid
Charter-party
a merchant, for the carriage of goods on a specified voyage, or during a specified period, for a sum of money which the merchant agrees to pay as freight for their carriage. By such an agreement the … agreement the ship is said to be chartered to the merchant, who is called the charter. There are certain terms usually to be found in all charter-parties, e.g., a statement of the burthen of the ship, an
National insurance
to be employed within the Act, or to pay contributions as a voluntary contributor. And there may in certain cases be an 'extended insurance period' of a year; and perhaps a 'further extended period.' Benefits. The benefits … of National Health Insurance, see National Health Insurance Manual by Sir Kingsley Wood and T.S. Newman, and the Summary of the National Health Insurance Acts, published by H.M. Stationery Office. 1. NATIONAL HEALTH INSURANCE. The general scheme
Promutuum
Promutuum, a quasi-contract, by which he who receives a certain sum of money, or a certain quantity of fungible things, delivered to him through mistake contracts the obligation of
Tenure
to which was annexed some special divine service, as to sing so many masses, to distribute a certain sum in alms, etc., which were contradistinguished from free alms; for if unperformed the lord could distrain without complaining
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