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<note>Non-seducing</note> | |||
<head>Wrongful destruction and endamagement.</head> | |||
<note>Insurance from<lb/>calamity</note> | |||
Whenever a man insures goods from fire<lb/>or other calamity, if the <del>money</del> <add>value</add> he insures them<lb/>at exceeds what it would cost him to put himself<lb/>in <hi rend="underline">statu quo</hi>, he has an interest, in <del>an</del><lb/>a certain sense of the word interst, in using<lb/>his endeavours to introduce that calamity: <add>for instance</add> to<lb/>to set fire to the goods, if insured from fire: to<lb/>sink the ship, if <sic>insur'd</sic> from the dangers of<lb/>the sea: to give notice to the enemy, if insured<lb/>from the dangers of the enemy. The law then<lb/>which lends its authority to such engagements<lb/>may be <del>said to</del> <add><sic>considerd</sic> as</add> administering incentives to <del>the</del> <add>any</add><lb/>crime | |||
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Indirect Legislation
Non-seducing
Wrongful destruction and endamagement.
Insurance from
calamity
Whenever a man insures goods from fire
or other calamity, if the money value he insures them
at exceeds what it would cost him to put himself
in statu quo, he has an interest, in an
a certain sense of the word interst, in using
his endeavours to introduce that calamity: for instance to
to set fire to the goods, if insured from fire: to
sink the ship, if insur'd from the dangers of
the sea: to give notice to the enemy, if insured
from the dangers of the enemy. The law then
which lends its authority to such engagements
may be said to considerd as administering incentives to the any
crime
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