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Dead freight

Dead freight, the unsupplied part of a cargo, or the freight payable by a merchant where he has not shipped a full cargo for the part not shipped.Amount charged for empty space in a vessel chartered to local a full cargo and which falls short of requirements; an agreed gum to be paid in respect of space not filled according to charter; or damages provided for by a charter, in the event of freighter not loading a full cargo...


Freight

Freight, the sum paid by a merchant or other person chartering a ship or part of a ship, or sending goods in a general ship, for the use of such ship or part, or the conveyance of such goods during a specified voyage or for a specified time. The freight is most commonly fixed by the charter-party, or bill of lading, but in the absence of any formal stipulation on the subject it would be due according to the custom or usage of trade. In the absence of an express contact to the contrary, the entire freight is not earned until the whole cargo be ready for delivery, or has been delivered to the consignee, according to the contract for its conveyance.1. Goods transported by water, land or air 2. Compensation paid to carrier for transporting goods, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 677.Dead freight is the freight agreed to be paid in respect of any part of the cargo which was contracted to be carried and through any fault of the consignor has not been carried.As to the shipowners' lien fo...


cost and freight

cost and freight : including the cost of goods being shipped and the freight charges ...


cost, insurance, and freight

cost, insurance, and freight : including the cost of goods being shipped and the freight and insurance charges ...


Freight

That with which anything is fraught or laden for transportation lading cargo especially of a ship or a car on a railroad etc as a freight of cotton a full freight...


Back-freight

Back-freight. The freight payable by an owner of goods when the shipowner is unable to deliver them at their destination....


Deadness

The state of being destitute of life vigor spirit activity etc dullness inertness languor coldness vapidness indifference as the deadness of a limb a body or a tree the deadness of an eye deadness of the affections the deadness of beer or cider deadness to the world and the like...


Dead rent and royalty

Dead rent and royalty, 'dead rent' is calculated on the basis of the, area leased while 'royalty' is calculated on the quantity of minerals extracted or removed. Thus, while dead rent is a fixed return to the lessor, royalty is a return which varies with the quantity of minerals extracted or removed. Since dead rent and royalty are both a return to the lessor in respect of the area leased looked at from one point of view dead rent can be described as the minimum guaranteed amount of royalty payable to the lessor but calculated on the basis of the area leased and not on the quantity of minerals extracted or removed, D.K. Trivedi v. State of Gujarat, AIR 1986 SC 1323 (1345): (1986) Supp SCC 20....


dead man's statute

dead man's statute : a law barring the testimony of a person with an interest in an estate regarding any conversation with or any event taking place in the presence of the decedent called also dead man act dead man's act ...


deadly

deadly dead·li·er -est : likely to cause or capable of causing death ;also : dangerous NOTE: Deadly and dangerous are sometimes used interchangeably, esp. in connection with weapons or instruments. ...


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