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Definition :

Ton, 20 cwts. Of 112 lbs. avoirdupois each: see (English) Weights and Measures Act, 1878, s. 14.

Ton, is a unit of volume in shipping parlance and is not to be taken as weight as may be commonly understood, Great Eastern Shipping Co. Ltd. v. Union of India, AIR 1989 Del 289.

Means a unit of volume equal to 2.83 Cu. metres which is equal to 100 cu.feet, see Merchant Shipping Act, 1958, s. 74; Ports Act (15 of 1908), ss. 3(6), 33, 34, 41 and Sch. I, col. 3.