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MARITIME LAW.

INCLUDING

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THE LAW OF SHIPPING; THE LAW OF MARINE INSURANCE;

AND THE LAW AND PRACTICE OF ADMIRALTY.

BY

THEOPHILUS PARSONS, LL.D.,

DANE PROFESSOR OF LAW IN HARVARD UNIVERSITY; AND AUTHOR OF TREATISES
ON THE LAW OF CONTRACTS; THE ELEMENTS OF MERCANTILE LAW;

AND THE LAWS OF BUSINESS FOR BUSINESS MEN.

Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1859, by

THEOPHILUS PARSONS, In the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the District of Massachusetts.

CONTENTS.

BOOK II.

ON THE LAW OF MARINE INSURANCE.

CHAPTER I.

WHAT INSURANCE IS, AND HOW IT IS EFFECTED.

SECTION I.

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In what manner and by whom the contract of insurance may be made 3

A. Of the parties to the contract

4

B. Of the form of the contract

19

SECTION II.

Of the form and essentials of a policy of insurance

27

SECTION I.

Of express warranties

A. Of the warranty of ownership

B. Of the warranty of neutrality

C. Of the warranty of convoy ·

D. Of the warranty of the time of sailing

E. Of particular warranties and stipulations

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104

108

109

122

124

129

SECTION IV.

Of the construction of a representation and a compliance with it

179

OF THE RISKS WHICH ARE COVERED BY THE POLICY.

SECTION I.

Of the general responsibility of insurers

210

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SECTION II.

Of losses arising from a prohibited or contraband trade

. 217

SECTION III.

Of the meaning and extent of perils of the sea

A. Of perils generally

B. When and how far collision is a peril of the sea

C. For what effects of collision insurers are answerable

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