Collier - Law Dictionary Search Results
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One engaged in the business of digging mineral coal or making charcoal or in transporting or dealing in coal...
Haulabout
A bargelike vessel with steel hull large hatchways and coal transporters for coaling war vessels from its own hold or from other colliers...
Common employment
Common employment. The general rule that a master is liable for damage caused by the negligence of his servant has the exception that where the person injured is the fellow-servant of and engaged in common employment with the person whose negligence causes the injury, the master is not liable in an action at Common law. The principle upon which the exception rests is that 'a servant who engages for the performance of services for compensation does as an implied part of the contract take upon himself, as between himself and his master, the natural risks and perils incident to the performance of such services; the presumption of law being that the compensation was adjusted accordingly, or, in other words, that these risks are considered in the wages' [per Balckburn, J., Morgan v. Vale of Neath R. Co., (1864) 5 B&S 578]. For review of cases, see Bray, J., in Cribb v. Kynoch, Ltd., (1907) 2 KB 548. The doctrine applies in spite of difference in rank or grade between the two servants, e.g.,...
Narrow seas
Narrow seas, those running between two coasts not far apart. The term is sometimes applied to the English Channel.The Firth of Forth is also 'narrow waters' as far as collision regulations are concerned, Screw Collier Co. v. Kerr, 1910 AC 165....
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