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Originally appearing in Volume V14, Page 348 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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INCENDIARISM (See also:Lat. incendere, to set on See also:fire, See also:burn) , in See also:law, the wilful or malicious burning of the See also:house or See also:property of another, and punishable as See also:arson (q.v.). It may be noted that in See also:North Carolina it is provided in See also:case of fires that there is to be a preliminary investigation by See also:local authorities: all towns and cities have to make an See also:annual inspection of buildings and a quarterly inspection within fire limits and See also:report to the See also:state See also:insurance See also:commissioner; all expenses so incurred are met by a tax of on the See also:gross receipts of the insurance companies (L. 1903, ch. 719).

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