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A loan upon goods laden on a ship conditioned to be repaid with maritime interest only in the event of the safe arrival of some part of the goods

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Usage examples (4)
  • Second, To insure upon the stock or mutual plan, ves - sels, freights, goods, money, effects, and money lent on bottomry or respondentia, against the perils of the sea...
  • "Howsomever, I can enter into the feelin ', and a blessed one it is, to get a respondentia bond off of land that belonged to a feller's grandfather.
  • Heclam ire respondentia, ait idem.
  • To make insurance upon dwellings, houses, stores and all other kind of building, either in town or country, and upon household furniture, merchandise and other property,...
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