The Quarterly Review, Volume 35William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, John Murray, William Smith, Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle), George Walter Prothero John Murray, 1827 - English literature |
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... party contracting to make such pay- ment being called the assurer , the payment the premium , and the instrument binding the contract the policy of assurance . It will be evident , that the amount of the annual payment , or premium ...
... party contracting to make such pay- ment being called the assurer , the payment the premium , and the instrument binding the contract the policy of assurance . It will be evident , that the amount of the annual payment , or premium ...
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... parties , without additions or deductions . The offices which have adopted this plan are The Albion British Commercial Eagle Globe London Assurance The Pelican Royal Exchange Sun West of England Westminster . Whatever advantages may be ...
... parties , without additions or deductions . The offices which have adopted this plan are The Albion British Commercial Eagle Globe London Assurance The Pelican Royal Exchange Sun West of England Westminster . Whatever advantages may be ...
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... parties is 341 , 9s . 9d . , 421. 3s . Id . , and 611. 7s . 9d . , respectively ; and even when the same sum is added to a po- licy on a life aged eighty , it is worth in present money only 821. 2s . 10d .: this inequitable mode of ...
... parties is 341 , 9s . 9d . , 421. 3s . Id . , and 611. 7s . 9d . , respectively ; and even when the same sum is added to a po- licy on a life aged eighty , it is worth in present money only 821. 2s . 10d .: this inequitable mode of ...
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... party to the measure . Hitherto these directors have felt no scruple to make and dissolve such bye - laws as circumstances might seem to require , or their actuary point out ; many of them in direct contradiction to the original deed of ...
... party to the measure . Hitherto these directors have felt no scruple to make and dissolve such bye - laws as circumstances might seem to require , or their actuary point out ; many of them in direct contradiction to the original deed of ...
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... party , whereas from one to three months is the common practice of other offices , and is more than amply sufficient for every purpose . Can the Equitable be sordid enough to put the parties to inconvenience for the paltry object of ...
... party , whereas from one to three months is the common practice of other offices , and is more than amply sufficient for every purpose . Can the Equitable be sordid enough to put the parties to inconvenience for the paltry object of ...
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