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Coasting trade

Coasting trade. See 12 & 13 Vict. c. 29; 17 & 18 Vict. c. 5; and 18 & 19 Vict. c. 96 (repealed by (English) Customs and Consolidation Act, 1876 (39 & 40 Vict. c. 36), see ss. 140-148)....


Coast-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....


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)...


Coaster

A vessel employed in sailing along a coast or engaged in the coasting trade...


Patamar

A vessel resembling a grab used in the coasting trade of Bombay and Ceylon...


Official Log-book

Official Log-book, a log-book in a certain form, and containing certain specified entries required by ss. 239 and 240 of the (English) Merchant Shipping Act, 1894, re-enacting ss. 280-282 of the Merchant Shipping Act, 1854, to be kept by all British merchant ships, except those exclusively engaged in the coasting trade. By s. 239(6) the entries are admissible as evidence....


Trade Union

Trade Union. The Acts 30 & 31 Vict. cc. 8, 74, provided for facilitating the proceedings of a commission appointed by Queen Victoria to inquire into and report on the organization and rules of trade unions, and other associations of employers and workmen. The (English) Trade Union Act, 1871 (34 & 35 Vict. c. 31), provides:-S. 2. 'The purposes of any trade union shall not, by reason merely that they are in restraint of trade, be deemed to be unlawful, so as to render any member of such trade union liable to criminal prosecution for conspiracy or otherwise.'S. 3. 'The purposes of any trade union shall not, by reason merely that they are in restraint of trade, be unlawful so as to render void or voidable any agreement or trust.'S. 4. 'Nothing in this Act shall enable any court to entertain any legal proceeding instituted with the object of directly enforcing or recovering damages for breach of any of the following agreements, namely,(1) Any agreement between members of a trade union as su...


Trade marks

Trade marks. by the Trade Marks Act, 1905 (English) (5 Edw. 7, c. 15), s. 3:-A 'mark' shall include a device, brand, heading, label, ticket, name, signature, word, letter, numeral or any combination thereof.A 'trade mark' shall mean a mark used or proposed to be used upon or in connexion with goods for the purpose of indicating that they are the goods of the proprietor of such trademark by virtue of manufacture, selection, certification, dealing with, or offering for sale.A 'registrable trademark' shall mean a trade mark which is capable of registration under the pro-visions of this Act.Subject to the Trade Mark Acts, the owner of a trademark has a right to its use in connection with the goods associated with it, whether or not it is registered or registrable by him, and if that right is infringed by a sale of other goods under his mark, or a colourable imitation or otherwise so as to be calculated to deceive a purchaser that those goods are goods of his manufacture, sale or mark, the ...


Trade

Trade [fr. trutta, Ital.], traffic; intercourse; commerce; exchange of goods for other goods, or for money.The business of buying and selling or bartering goods or services, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 1500.As to contracts in restraint of trade, see RESTRAINT OF TRADE.A 'trade association' means an association of tradesmen, businessmen or manufacturers for the protection and advancement of their common interest, State of Gujarat v. Mahesh Kumar Dhirajlal Thakkar, AIR 1980 SC 1167: (1980) 2 SCC 322.It means any trade, business, industry, profession or occupation relating to the production, supply, distribution or control of goods and includes the provision of any services. [Monopolies and restrictive Trade Practices Act, 1969 (54 of 1969), s. 2 (s)]Means any trade, business, industry, profession or occupation relating to the production, supply, distribution, storage or control of goods and includes the provision of any services. [Competition Act, 2002 (12 of 2003), s. 2(x)]The ...


Trade Boards

Trade Boards. The Trade Boards Act, 1909, as amended by the Trade Boards Act, 1918, applies to certain trades specified in the Schedule, and to such others as are brought within the Act by Order of the Board of Trade or by special Order of the Minister of Labour. The Board of Trade can establish Trade Boards with respect to such trades, and the Boards when established must fix minimum rates for both time work and piecework. Notice must be given of the minimum rates established, and such rates are obligatory on employers, who are placed under penalties if they fail to pay in accordance with such rates. s. 11 gives the constitution and proceedings of Trade Boards under this section:(1) The Board of Trade may make regulations with respect to the constitution of Trade Boards, which shall consist of members representing employers and members representing workers (in this Act referred to as representative members) in equal proportions and of the appointed members. Any such regulations may be...


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