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clean bill of lading
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Bill of health
Bill of health, 'a certificate or instrument, signed by consuls or other proper authorities, delivered to the masters of ships at the time of their clearing out from ports or places suspected of being particularly subject to infectious disorders, certifying the state of health at the time that such ship sailed. A clean bill imports that at the time the ship sailed no infectious disorder was known to exist. A suspected bill, commonly called a touched patent or bill, imports that there were rumours of an infectious disorder, but it had not actually appeared. A foul bill, or the absence of a clean bill, imports that the place was infected when the vessel sailed.'-McCull. Com. Dict. see QUARANTINE....
bill
bill 1 : a draft of a law presented to a legislature for enactment ;also : the law itself [the GI ] ap·pro·pri·a·tions bill [ə-prō-prē-ā-shənz-] : a bill providing money for government expenses and programs NOTE: Appropriations bills originate in the House of Representatives. bill of attainder 1 : a legislative act formerly permitted that attainted a person and imposed a sentence of death without benefit of a judicial trial see also attainder compare bill of pains and penalties in this entry 2 : a legislative act that imposes any punishment on a named or implied individual or group without a trial NOTE: Bills of attainder are prohibited by Article I of the U.S. Constitution. bill of pains and penalties : a legislative act formerly permitted that imposed a punishment less severe than death without benefit of a judicial trial compare bill of attainder in this entry NOTE: The term bill of attainder is often used to include bills of p...
bill of lading
bill of lading clean bill of lading : a bill of lading that does not have any notations written or otherwise marked on it that qualify or amend the bill negotiable bill of lading : order bill of lading in this entry nonnegotiable bill of lading : straight bill of lading in this entry order bill of lading : a bill of lading under which the goods are to be delivered to the person named in the bill or to the named person's order or to the bearer of the bill called also negotiable bill of lading compare straight bill of lading in this entry straight bill of lading : a bill of lading that names the only person to whom the goods may be delivered called also nonnegotiable bill of lading compare order bill of lading in this entry ...
clean hands
clean hands : innocence of wrongdoing or deceit [plaintiff must come into court with clean hands] see also clean hands doctrine ...
clean hands doctrine
clean hands doctrine : a doctrine that originated in equity and that bars a plaintiff from seeking judicial relief regarding a matter in which he or she is not free of guilt and does not have clean hands ...
Clean Certificates
Clean Certificates, a member is entitled to a 'clean certificate', that is one which does not contain on it any statement derogatory to his title, W Key & Sons Ltd. (in re:), (1902) 1 Ch 467....
Clean fuel
Clean fuel, unleaded petrol with low benzene content is considered as clean fuel, M.C. Mehta v. Union of India, (2001) 3 SCC 756 (761): AIR 2001 SC 1948. [Constitution of India, Arts. 21 and 32]...
Window cleaning
Window cleaning. In urban districts, by s. 171 of the Public Health Act, 1875, incorporating s. 28 and other sections of the (English) Town Police Clauses Act, 1847:-Every occupier of any house or other building or other person who orders or permits any person in his service to stand on the sill of any window in order to clean paint, or perform any other operation on the outside of such window, or upon any house or other building . . . unless such window be in the sunk or basement story.Is, if the offence be in any street and to the obstruction, annoyance or danger of the residents, liable to fine up to forty shillings or to imprison-ment up to fourteen days, and any constable of the district is directed to take him into custody without warrant and forthwith convey him before a justice of the peace if the offence shall have been committed within his view.As to requirements in buildings in the Metropolis, see London Building Acts, and see LIGHT....
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