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Dead freight
not shipped a full cargo for the part not shipped. Amount charged for empty space in a vessel chartered to local a full cargo and which falls short of requirements; an agreed gum to be paid in … freight, the unsupplied part of a cargo, or the freight payable by a merchant where he has not shipped a full cargo for the part not shipped. Amount charged for empty space in a vessel chartered to
Seaworthy
she is, in every respect, fit for her voyage. It is provided in all charter-parties that the vessel chartered shall be tight, staunch, and strong, well apparelled, furnished with an adequate number of mariners, sufficient tackle, provisions, … Seaworthy, a term applied to a ship, indicating that she is, in every respect, fit for her voyage. It is provided in all charter-parties that
Pilot
a ship who has the conduct thereof.' Pilots are established in various parts of the country, by ancient charters of incorporation or by particular statutes. The most important of these in-corporations are those of the Trinity House,
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Charterer
Charterer, a person who charters or hires a ship for a voyage or for a certain period; also a
Freighter
One who loads a ship or one who charters and loads a ship
Broker
bills of exchange, or promissory notes, railway scrip, goods, stocks, ships, or cargoes; or in procuring freights or charter-parties. By custom or usage brokers may become personally liable on contracts made by them on behalf of principals … form, or may form, a distinct and independent business. Thus, for example, there are exchange and money-brokers, stock-brokers, ship-brokers, and insurance-brokers, who are respectively employed in buying and selling bills of exchange, or promissory notes, railway scrip,
Protest
ship, or to the cargo, or other circumstances calculated to affect the liability of the shipowner or the charterer, etc. Also, an objection made to a proceeding in which the person protesting is by force of circumstances
Exercitor navis
Exercitor navis, the temporary owner or charterer of a ship.
Prisage
of wine from every ship importing twenty tuns or more one before and one behind the mast By charter of Edward I butlerage was substituted for this
Carrier
any association of persons, whether incorporated or not, by whom the aircraft or the ship is owned or chartered. [Immigration (Carriers' Liability) Act, 2000 (52 of 2000), s. 2(1)(a)] Means someone who has contracted to carry, as
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