:4. Law. The securing of a title to property; the conveyance of lands or tenements by deed; a legal evidence of the conveyance of property.killsI5. The [[action]] of insuring or securing the value of property in the event of its being lost, or of securing the payment of a specified sum in the event of a [[person]]'s [[death]]; insurance. Technically, the present usage is to differentiate life-assurance, and fire- and marine-insurance; though, as will be seen from the quotations, assurance was the original term in reference to marine risks. | :4. Law. The securing of a title to property; the conveyance of lands or tenements by deed; a legal evidence of the conveyance of property.killsI5. The [[action]] of insuring or securing the value of property in the event of its being lost, or of securing the payment of a specified sum in the event of a [[person]]'s [[death]]; insurance. Technically, the present usage is to differentiate life-assurance, and fire- and marine-insurance; though, as will be seen from the quotations, assurance was the original term in reference to marine risks. |