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Home Dictionary Name: coast guardCoast-guard
Coast-guard. See the (English) Coast Guard Service Act, 1856 (19 & 20 Vict. c. 83), 'to provide for the better defence of the Coasts of the Realm,. And the ready manning of the Navy; and th transfer' to the Admiralty 'from the Board of Customs the Government of the Coast Guard,' whereby the Admiralty may raise such number of officers or men from time to time up to 10,000 as it may think fit for the constitution of a Coast-guard. The force was originally formed merely for the prevention of smuggling, in connection with which it has many duties to discharge under the Customs Acts. The (English) Coast-guard Act, 1925 (15 & 16 Geo. 5, c. 88), transfers the control of the Coast-guard service to the Board of Trade but in case of emergency it can be transferred to the Admiralty....
Member of Coast Guard
Member of Coast Guard, means an officer, a subordinate officer, a sailor or other enrolled person. [Coast Guard Act, 1988 (30 of 1978), s. 2(n)]...
coast guard
coast guard The government agency responsible for enforcing federal laws on the high seas and navigable waters of the United States and its possessions. Source: FindLaw ...
Maritime zones of India
Maritime zones of India, means the territorial waters, the contiguous zone, the continental shelf, the exclusive economic zone or any other maritime zone of India. [Coast Guard Act, 1978 (30 of 1978), s. 2(m)]...
Guarded
Cautious wary circumspect as he was guarded in his expressions framed or uttered with caution as his expressions were guarded...
Horse Guards
A body of cavalry so called esp a British regiment called the Royal Horse Guards which furnishes guards of state for the sovereign...
Yeomen of the guard
Yeomen of the guard, properly called yeomen of the guard of the royal households; a picked body of men, attached to the Lord Chamberlain's office, Buckingham Palace. As to their establishment, see 2 Hall. Const Hist., c. 9....
Coasting
Sailing along or near a coast or running between ports along a coast...
Coasting ship
Coasting ship, any ship for the time being engaged in the trade of carrying goods coastwise between places in the United Kingdom and a place in the Isle of Man is, for the purposes of the Customs and Excise Acts, 1979, a coasting ship, Customs and Excise Management Act, 1979, s. 73(1) (UK)...
Castle guard
The guard or defense of a castle...
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