 | William Selwyn - Nisi prius - 1812 - 732 pages
...applies equally to a policy of assurance1, viz. that it is to be construed accorcjing to its sense and .meaning, as collected in the first place from the terms used in it, which terms are to be understood in their plain, ordinary, and popular sense, unless they have generally, in respect... | |
 | James Allan Park - Bottomry and respondentia - 1817 - 848 pages
...insurance, namely, that it is to be construed according to its sense and meaning, as collected in thejirst place from the terms used in it, which terms are themselves...sense, unless they have generally in respect to the subject-matter, as by the known usage of trade, or the like, acquired a peculiar sense distinct from... | |
 | William Selwyn - Nisi prius - 1817 - 776 pages
...to its sense and meaning, as collected in the first place from the terms used in it, which terms are to be understood in their plain, ordinary, and popular sense, unless they have generally, in rf-spect to the subject matter, as by the known usage of trade or the like, acquired a peculiar sense... | |
 | William Selwyn - Civil procedure - 1820 - 830 pages
...the terms used in it, which terms are to be understood in their plain, ordinary, and popularsense, unless they have generally, in respect to the subject matter, as by the known usage of trade or the like, acquired a peculiar sense distinct from the popular sense of the same words, or... | |
 | Wendell Phillips - Insurance law - 1823 - 572 pages
...other instruments, applies equally to this, viz. that it is to be construed according to the sense and meaning, as collected in the first place from the terms used in it, which terms are to be understood in their plain, ordinary, and popular sense, unless they have generally in respect... | |
 | Samuel Comyn - Contracts - 1824 - 680 pages
...the construction of a contract or agreement is, that it shall be construed according to its sense and meaning, as collected, in the first place, from the...generally, in respect to the subject matter, as by die known usage of trade, or the like, acquired a peculiar sense, distinct from the popular sense of... | |
 | Great Britain. Court of King's Bench - Law reports, digests, etc - 1825 - 862 pages
...of a policy are, in the language of Lord Ellenborough in JRobertson v. French (c), to be construed in their plain, ordinary and popular sense, unless...respect to the subject matter, as by the known usage of trade, or the like, acquired a peculiar sense distinct from the popular sense of the same words; or... | |
 | Great Britain. Court of King's Bench, Richard Vaughan Barnewall, Sir Cresswell Cresswell - Law reports, digests, etc - 1825 - 974 pages
...Demerara. The terms of a policy are, to use the language of Lord Ettenbaraugh in Robertson v. French (a), to be understood in their plain, ordinary, and popular sense, unless they have generally in respect of the subjectmatter, as by the known usage of trade, or the like, acquired a sense distinct from the... | |
 | Thomas Starkie - Evidence (Law) - 1826 - 708 pages
...instruments applied also to a policy of insurance, that is, to be construed according to its sense and meaning, as collected, in the first place, from the terms used in it, which are to be understood in their plain, ordinary and popular sense, unless they have generally in respect... | |
 | New Jersey. Court of Chancery - Law reports, digests, etc - 1882 - 638 pages
...applies equally to a policy of assurance, viz., that it is to be construed according to its sense and meaning as collected in the first place from the terms used in it, which terms are to be understood in their plain, ordinary and popular sense. Selwyn's NP 889 ; Robertson v. French,... | |
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