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Wages

or after that date, and when the remuneration considering the general standards of payments is fairly high, then it has to … 34 Vict. c. 30). Seamen have a lien on the ship for their wages; they may enforce their claim by an

Railway

Clauses, and Railways Clauses Consolidation Acts; and (3) under the general Acts relating to railways. The (English) Railway Act, 1921, provides … hired or worked by a railway; and (f) all ferries, ships, boats and rafts which are used on any canal, river,

Savings banks

Bank for the Merchant Service: see s. 148, (English) Merchant Shipping Act, 1894. (5) Uncontrolled Savings Banks which are not subject

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Debenture

Debenture [fr. debeo, Lat., to owe] may be defined generally as a charge in writing [not necessarily sealed, see British … charge, or on calls made but not paid; on a ship; on goodwill or patent or trade mark (see the full

Estoppel

him, even as to the facts recited in it. The general rule is that an indenture estops all who are parties … civil action because the parties are not the same, Palace Shipping Co. v. Caine, 1907 AC 386. (2) By deed. No

Carrier

Carrier, in its general sense, a person who undertakes to transport the goods of … sea, or partly by land and partly by sea, see SHIPOWNER. See Macnamara on Carriers; Chitty on Contracts; CARRIAGE BY AIR.

Building

as follows: 'That which is built specific: (a) as now generally used a fabric or edifice, framed or constructed, designed to … designed for permanent use where it stands, nor a steamboat, ship or other vessel of navigation', Ghanshiam Das v. Devi Prasad,

Marine

Marine, a general name for the navy of a kingdom or state; as … respects the building, rigging, arming, equipping, navigating, and fighting of ships. It comprehends also the government of naval armaments, and the

Trade, Board of

c. 21). Its powers include supervision over the following matters: shipping, railways, mines, companies, bankruptcy and insolvency, assurance, companies, explosives inquiries,

Toll

(HL). Toll, is tribute or custom paid for a privilege, generally for passage over, or for using a bridge, road, ferry … to the term is a charge for the landing or shipping goods at a port; a charge made for transport of

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