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OBLIGATIONS 497
1000 Costs and expenses of suits against the insured, including
those of the defence, and interest on the amount of
insurance, are borne by the insurer over and above the limits
of the insurance.
Section IV
Marine insurance
§ - 1 General provisions
1001 Marine insurance may cover the assured against land
risks incidental to a marine adventure, whether on inland
waters or not.
It may also cover a ship in course of building or
repairing, the launching of a ship or any adventure analogous
to a marine adventure.
1002 In particular, there is a marine adventure when:
1. any ship, goods or other moveables are exposed to
maritime perils;
2. the earning or acquisition of any freight, passage
money, commission, profit or other pecuniary benefit or
the security for any advances, loans or disbursements, is
endangered by the exposure of insurable property to
maritime perils;
3. by reason of maritime perils, civil liability may be
incurred by any person interested in or responsible for
insurable property.
1003 "Ship" includes the hull, materials and outfit, stores
and provisions and, in the case of vessels engaged in a special
trade, the ordinary fittings needed for the trade, and also the
machinery and boilers, as well as bunkers and engine stores, if
owned by the assured.
1004 "Freight" includes the profit which a shipowner may