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The pei-fon mak?ng the HfTiirance i« to declare the place 

 and Jate of birth of the pcrfon whofc hfc is to be affured ; 

 whether he hns had the fmall-pox ; whether fubject to the 

 gout ; and whether in the army or navy. 



The hfe aflurcd to appear at the office, or to one of the 

 company's agents, or pay 



10 s. per Cent, on aiunances for one year. 

 15 s. per cent, for more than one year, and! in the fall 

 not exceeding feven years, > payni-iit 



20 s. per cent, if for more than feven yeais, J only. 

 One quarter per cent, additional, will be taken on the 

 full pavmeiit as admiinon-money. 



Fifteen days arc allov.ed for payment of the annual pre- 

 miums after they rcfpei'tively become due, but if the fame 

 remain unpaid more than the faid fifteen days, and not ex- 

 ceeding three calendar months, a fine of ten fliillin-^s per 

 cent, mail be paid, and a warrantee given of the health ot 

 the life afTurcd. 

 Coiu/i/iotis of AJfuraiice made by Perfoiis on their own Lives. 

 The alfuiance to bo void if the perfon whofe life is affined 

 (liall depart beyond the limits of Europe, fliall die upon the 

 fcas (except in his majelly's packets paffiu'; between Great 

 Britain and Ireland) ; or Ihall enter into or engage in any 

 military or naval fei-vice whatever, \\ithout the previous 

 eonfent of the company ; or Ihall die by fniclde, duelling, 

 or the hand of juiUce ; or (liall not be, at the time the affm- 

 ance is made, in good health. 



Canilitians of AJfarancc made by Perjons on the Lives of 



others. 

 The affurance to be void if tlie perfon whofe life is affured 

 (hall depart beyond the limits of Europe, fiiall die upon the 

 feas (except in his majelly's packets paffmg between Great 

 Britain and Ireland) ; or Ihall enter into or engage in any mi- 

 litary or naval fevvice whatever, without the previous eonfent 

 of the company ; or lliall not be, at the time the affurance is 



made, in good health Any perfon making an alfurance on 



the life of another, mufl be interelled therein, agreeable to 

 aft 14 Geo. III. C.48. which prohibits wagering, or fpe- 

 culative infurances. 



N.C. Affurances on the hves of perfons engaged in the 

 army or navy, or going beyond the limits of Europe, may 

 be made by fpeeial agreement. 



Assurance, London. The charters of this company 

 ivere granted at the fame time with thofe of the Royal- 

 Exchange Affurance, for the fame purpofes, and upon linii- 

 lar conditions ; one of which is, that no perfon poffelfing 

 flock in either company can purchafe ilock in the other, 

 under penalty of forfeiting the Ihare fo purchafed. The 

 principal difference in the bufinefs of the two offices is, that 

 the London affurance confine themfelves to fea and fire 

 affurances, very feldom affuring lives, and not being empow- 

 ered to grant annuities. Their Ilock is i,ooo,oool. divided 

 into (hares of 25 1. each, on which 12 1. 10 s. has been paid 

 in, making the whole fum paid in 500,000!. The dividend 

 has been raifed to 18 s. per fhare per annum, and becomes 

 due at Lady-day and Michaelmas. The transfer-days are 

 Tucfdaysand Thurfdays, from eleven to three o'clock. The 

 dividends are paid on Mondays, Wedaefdays, and Fridays, 

 from eleven to three. 



Assurance, Collateral, m Ltttu. See Collateral. 

 Assurances, Common, of the kingdom, exprefs the 

 legal evidences of the conveyance or tranflation of property ; 

 by which every man's ellatc is affured to him, and all con- 

 trovcrfies, doubts, and difficulties, are either prevented or 

 removed. Thefe common affurances are of four kinds : I. 

 By matter in pais, or deed ; which is an affura.ice tranlacted 

 between two or more privats perfon? in puis, in the country ; 



that is, according to the old common law, upon the very 

 fpot to be transferrred. See Deed. 2. liy matter of record, 

 or an affurance traiifacled only ia the king's public court9 

 of record. See ilccoRD. 3. By fpeeial culloin, obtaining 

 in fome particular places, and relating only to fome particu- 

 lar fpecics of property. See Custom. Thefe three affur- 

 ances are fuch as take tffeift during the life cf the party 

 conveying or afl'iriug. 4. The fourth takes no effetl till 

 after his death ; and that is by devife, contained in his lail 

 will and tellanient. See Devise, arid Will. B1. Com. 

 vol. ii. p. 254. 



ASSURGENT Z-rrttvj, m Botavy, denotes fnch as arc 

 firll bent down, and then rife creft towards the apex. This 

 term fcarcely ditfers from adfcendens or incnrvus, and fecms 

 peculiarly proper for defcribing the change wiiich takes 

 place in the polition of the leaves of niimofe, and other 

 lleeping plants. 



Assurgent, in Heraldry, a term ufed for a man or bead 

 rifing out of the fea. 



ASSUROR, a merchant or other perfon, who affures, 

 or makes out a policy of affurance for a fhip, houfe, life, 

 or the like. Affurors are not anfwerahle for what damages 

 arife through the negligence, or other fault of the maftcr or 

 feameii ; or even thofe vvliic'n arife from any vice or defeA 

 ill the thing affured. See Insurance. 



ASSURRITANl, orAssunRAsi, m Eccle/lafieal Hif. 

 torv, a branch of Donatilh in the middle ot the fourth cen- 

 tuiy. The Affurritani maintained the fon to be inferior to 

 the fatlier ; they rebaptizcd their converts from the catho- 

 lics, and afferted that the church is not compofed of good 

 and bad, but of the good alone. 



ASSURUS, or AssuRAS, now Ki/fer, in Ancient Geo- 

 graphy, a town of Africa, fituate in the inland countiy of 

 the ancient Bizaciu-n, to the weft of Adrumetum, and 

 fouth-eall of Sicca Vcneria. 



ASSY, in Ceografihy, a town of France, ia the depart- 

 ment of the Oife, and chief place of a canton in the dillrift 

 of Crcfpy, eight mjles fouth of Crefpy. 



ASSYANf, in Ancient Geography, an ancient town of 

 the Tauric Cherfonefus. 



ASSYRIA, a kiiigdom of Afia, of the extent, origin, 

 and duration of which very different accounts have been 

 given by ancient writers. Ctefias and Diodorus Siculus 

 affirm, that the Affyrian monarchy", under Ninas and Semi- 

 ramis, comprehended tlie greater part ot the known v/oiid : 

 but, if this had been the cafe, it is not likely that Homer 

 and Herodotus would have omitted a faft fo remarkable. 

 The facred records intimate, that none of the ancient ftates 

 or kingdoms were of confiderable extent ; for neither Chc- 

 dcrla(mier, nor any of the neighbouring princes, were tri- 

 butary or fubjeel to Affyria; and we find notiiiiig, fays 

 Playfair, of the greatnefs or power of this kingdom in the 

 hillory of the Judges, and fuccceding kings of Ifrael, 

 though the latter kingdom was oppreli'ed and enllaved by ^ 

 many different powers in that period. It istherelore highly 

 probable, that Affyria was originally of fmall extent. Ac- : 

 cording to Ptolemy, this country was bounded on the north ' 

 by part of Armenia and nioniit Niphates ; on the welt by ; 

 the Tigris ; on the fouth by Snfiana ; and on the ealt by 

 part of Media, and the mountains Choatra and Zagros. 

 The country within thefe limits is called, by fome of the] 

 ancients, Adiabene, and by others Aturia or Atyria. 

 It is divided, by Ptolemy, into the following provinces or I 

 dillricls; viz. Calaoiixe or Calaciiie, Arrapachitis, j 

 Adiablne, Arbelitis, Apolloniatis, SittacenEjI 

 and Chalonitis. Among the rivers of Affyria we mayl 

 Kckon the Tigris, the Lycus, the Caprus, and thcj 



Gorcus. 1 



