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Dock
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 charter
Dry charter, the charter operates as a demise of the aircraft itself to the charterer, to which there may or may not be added the services of a crew. Such a contract is often referred to as a 'bare-hull charter', a 'dry charter' or a 'dry lease', Halsbury's Laws of England 1(2), para 1334, p. 658....
Dried
imp amp p p of Dry Also adj as dried apples...
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