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Dock [fr. docke, Fle., a bird-cage], (1) the place in a Court of criminal law in which a prisoner is placed during his trial, and from which he may instruct counsel without the intervention of a solicitor; (2) an enclosed space, either dry or filled with water, in which a ship is repaired, loaded, or unloaded. In this last sense a 'dock' is a factory within the Factory and Workshop Act, 1901 (1 Edw. 7, c. 22), s. 104. For regulations regarding loading and unloading, see the (English) Docks Regulations, 1934 (S. R. & O. 1934, No. 279), and the (English) Public Health Act, 1936 (26 Geo. 5 & 1 Edw. 8, c. 49), ss. 2-10, in regard to sanitation and health....
Dock work
Dock work, means any work in or within the vicinity of any port in connection with, or required for, or incidental to, the loading, unloading, movement or storage of cargoes into or from ship or other vessel, port, dock, storage place or landing place, and includes-(i) work in connection with the preparation of ships or other vessels for receipt or discharge of cargoes or leaving port; and(ii) chipping, painting or cleaning of any hold, tank, structure or lifting machinery or any other storage area in board the ship or in the docks. [Dock Workers (Safety, Health and Welfare) Act, 1986 (54 of 1986), s. 2 (d) (i) (ii)]...
Dock worker
Dock worker, means a person employed or to be employed directly or by or through any agency (including a contractor) with or without know-ledge of the principal employer, whether for remuneration or not, on dock work. [Dock Workers (Safety, Health and Welfare) Act, 1986 (54 of 1986), s. 2 (e)]It means a person employed or to be employed in, or in the vicinity of, any port on work in connection with the loading, unloading, movement or storage of cargoes, or work in connection with the preparation of ships or other vessels for the receipt or discharge of cargoes or leaving port. [Dock Workers (Regulation of Employment) Act, 1948, s. 2 (b)]...
dock
dock [Dutch dialect docke dok pen, cage] : the place in a criminal court where a prisoner stands or sits during trial compare bar, bench, jury box, sidebar, stand ...
Dock defence
Dock defence. A dock defence is said tohave been accepted by a barrister when he is instructed direct by the defendant in the precincts of the Court without the intervention of a solicitor. The fee of one guinea (or 1l. 3s. 6d.) must be paid then and there....
Dock warrants
Dock warrants, certificates given to the owners of goods ware houses in the docks. They have been held to be negotiable and to pass from hand to hand, so as to vest the property in the goods mentioned in them in the holders....
Docking
Docking, means the deliberate removal of any bone or part of a bone from the trail, Docking and Nicking of Horses Act, 1494, s. 3 (UK) Halsbury's Laws of England (2), para 422, p. 208...
Dry dock
See under Dock...
Employer
Employer, means (i) a company; (ii) a firm; (iii) an association of persons or a body of individuals, whether incorporated or not, but excluding any fund or trust or institution eligible for exemption under clause (23C) of section 10 or registered under section 12AA; (iv) a local authority; and (v) every artificial judicial person, not falling within any of the preceding sub-clauses. [Income-tax Act, 1961 (43 of 1961), s. 115W(a)]Employer, means:A person who controls and direct a worker under an express or implied contract of hire and who pays the workers salary or wages, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn.(a) in relation to contract labour, the principal employer, and(b) in relation to other labour, the person who has the ultimate control over the affairs of any establishment or who has, by reason of his advancing money, supplying goods or otherwise, a substantial interest in the control of the affairs of any establishment, and includes any other person to whom the affairs of the establi...
Harbours
Harbours. See PORT. As to the improvement and management of Harbours, docks and piers, see the (English) Harbours, Docks, and Piers Clauses Act, 1847 (10 Vict. c. 27), and other Acts. As to the constitution of Port Health Authorities, see (English) Public Health Act, 1936, ss. 2-10. By 9 & 10 Geo. 5, c. 50, s. 2, the powers of the Board of Trade over harbours, docks and piers were transferred to the Ministry of Transport. See Chitty's Statutes, tit. 'Harbours.'The word 'harbours' used in TADA must be understood in its ordinary meaning as for penal provisions. In Black's Law Dictionary its meaning is shown as 'to afford lodging to, to shelter, or to give a refuge to', Kalpnath Raj v. State, (1997) 8 SCC 732: AIR 1998 SC 201 (212). [TADA, 1987, ss. 3(4) and 2(1) (i)]...
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