A Treatise on the Law of Insurance, in Four Books, Vol. 1 of 2

Excerpt from A Treatise on the Law of Insurance, in Four Books, Vol. 1 of 2: I. Of Marine Insurances, II. Of Bottomry and Respondentia, III. Of Insurance Upon Lives, IV. Of Insurance Against FireBut the atoll mil'chieoouo (packs of theic fraudulent infurances is that upon lottery cbanca, which, long after the palling of the above aft, {prung from that fpirit of gaming which public lotteries mull always excite in the people. Theic, however, after many unfuccel'sful endeavours to reltrain them in the annual lottery have, by the Rat. 27 G. 3. C. Which was made caprefsly for that pur pofe, been confiderably diminilhed.The infurances of greatelt public utility, and to which the following work will be confined, are.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.