Lascar
Legal definition for Indian law research
Definition
Lascar, a native Indian sailor; 'the term is also applied to tent-pitchers, inferior artillery-men, and others.'Wilson's Indian Glossary.
Agreements by masters or owners of ships with lascars are regulated by s. 125 of the (English) Merchant Shipping Act,1894, reproducing s. 544 of the (English) Merchant Shipping Act, 1854, and saving nine unrepealed sections (ss. 25-34) of 4 Geo. 4, c. 80.
Agreements by masters or owners of ships with lascars are regulated by s. 125 of the (English) Merchant Shipping Act,1894, reproducing s. 544 of the (English) Merchant Shipping Act, 1854, and saving nine unrepealed sections (ss. 25-34) of 4 Geo. 4, c. 80.
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