Collision - Law Dictionary Search Results
Prester
A meteor or exhalation formerly supposed to be thrown from the clouds with such violence that by collision it is set on fire
Rattle
To make a quick succession of sharp inharmonious noises as by the collision of hard and not very sonorous bodies shaken together to clatter
Rebound
To spring back to start back to be sent back or reverberated by elastic force on collision with another body as a rebounding echo
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Allision
Allision, the running of one vessel against another. See COLLISION.
Negligence
loquitur, i.e., where the thing resulting from it speaks for itself, as in the case of a railway collision between trains owned by the same company, Carpue v. London, Brighton, and South Coast Railway Co., (1844) 5
Damage
necessarily confined to physical damage. Ordinarily damage is caused by physical contact of the ship, such as in collision. But damage can also be caused to property by breach of contract or acts of commission or omission
Maritime lien
the res i.e., the ship, freight, or cargo. It may arise ex delicto, e.g., compensation for damage by collision, or ex contractu, for services rendered to the res; but it is strictly confined to services such as
Narrow seas
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.
Peer
the trial of Lord de Clifford took place on a charge of unlawful killing in connection with a collision by driving on a road. On 4th February, 1936, a motion that the present system of trial of
Perils of the sea
extended this phrase to comprehend events not attributable to natural causes, as captures by pirates, and losses by collision, where no blame is attachable to either ship, or at all events to the injured ship. It was
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