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Article 172
Des Obligations des Assureurs et des Assurés
Titre III:
Des Assurances
(On Insurance)
Chapitre II:
Des Obligations des Assureurs et des Assurés
(On the Obligations of Insurers and the Insured)
En cas de prise, les assurés pourront racheter leurs effets, sans attendre l'ordre des assureurs, s'ils n'ont pu leur en donner avis.
Life lesson:
If your cargo is captured, you can buy it back immediately without waiting for the insurer — as long as you couldn't reach them.
Notes:
Self-help ransom: insured may repurchase captured goods without insurer's order if notice was impossible. Emergency authority when communication fails.