ASSURANCE

In conveyancing. A deed or instrument• of conveyance. The legal evidences of the transfer of property are in England called the "common a urances',' J of the kingdom, whereby every man's estate is a ured tq him, and all controversies. doubts,· and difficulties are either prevented or removed. 2 Bl. Comm. 294. State v. Farrand., 8 N. J. Law, 335. In contracts. A making secure; insur- K ance. The teJ"m was formerly of very frequent use in the modern sense of insurance, particularly in English maritime law, and sti,11 appears in the policies of some companies, but is otherwise seldom seen of late L years. There seems to be a tendency,· however, to use a urance for the contracts or life insurance companies, and insurance for risks upon property. A urance, furthe.r, covenant for. SeeM COVENANT. [s. 105]