A complete digest of the theory, laws, and practice of insurance : compiled from the best authorities in different languages, which are quoted and referred to throughout the work, and arranged in alphabetical order, under many select heads : with ample references, and a general index affording immediate and full information, on every distinct matter, question, or point : containing the principles, doctrines, and usages touching all matters of insurance ... with a preliminary discourse wherein are delineated the very great disorders which prevail in affairs of insurance, their principal causes explained, and methods proposed for better regulation and prevention /