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Lighthouse

1898 (61 & 62 Vict. c. 44), which creates a General Lighthouse Fund in substitution for the Mercantile Marine Fund, and, … Lighthouse, a building, from which lights are shown to guide ships at sea. The power of erecting and maintaining them is

Merchant shipping

of the (English) Act the Board of Trade exercises a general control over merchant shipping. Additions and amendments have been made … Merchant shipping. The Acts relating to Merchant Shipping have been twice consolidated:

Bill of Lading

transfer of the property in the goods specified therein is generally effected. By the Bills of Lading Act, 1855, the rights … Bill of Lading, a memorandum signed by masters of ships, in their capacity of carriers, acknowledging the receipt of merchants'

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Master

servants; the head of a college; the captain of a ship; an officer of the Supreme Court; and see MASTERS. It

Letters of marque

applied. If during war a subject should take an enemy's ship, without commission from the Crown, the prize would, by the

Maritime lien

by an action. It is a right which springs from general maritime law and is based on the concept as if … is a claim which attaches to the res i.e., the ship, freight, or cargo. It may arise ex delicto, e.g., compensation

Goods

bought and sold, Union of India v. Delhi Cloth and General Mills Co. Ltd., AIR 1973 SC 791: (1963) 1 Supp … Act, 1962, ss. 2 (22) and 12] Goods, includes unfurnished ships in the course of construction, Schiffachrt -- Treuland GmbH v.

Prize Court

have had no opportunity of actually capturing enemy ships. See, generally, the speech of Sir John Simon, A.-G., at the first … Prize (Procedure) Act, 1916. The (English) Act of 1914 excepted ships of war. See also the (English) Prize Courts Acts, 1894

Mercantile Marine Fund

a fund consisting, under ss. 676-679 of the (English) Merchant Shipping Act, 1894, of the fees paid on survey and measurement

Contraband

during war to a belligerent power. It is a recognized general principle of the law of nations, that ships may sail … a recognized general principle of the law of nations, that ships may sail to and trade with all kingdoms, countries, and

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