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Ship
used or intended to be used in navigation, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 1382. In the Merchant Shipping Act, 1894 (57 & 58 Vict. c. 60), by s. 742, 'includes every description of vessel used in … or harbour of England or Ireland, or within three miles of the coast thereof, to apply to a judge to order the detention of the ship, if owned by foreigners none of whom reside in the United
clerk
general office work b : a person (as a law student or graduate) employed by an attorney or judge to assist with case-related tasks (as research) compare paralegal clerk·ship n vi : to act or work as
chief justice
chief justice : a chief judge of a usually higher level court ;specif often cap : the chief justice of the U.S. Supreme Court
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Sea
v. Keyn, (1876) 2 Ex D 63. In that case it was held by a majority of seven judges to six that the Central Criminal Court had no jurisdiction to try for manslaughter the foreign captain of … that the Central Criminal Court had no jurisdiction to try for manslaughter the foreign captain of a foreign ship--the Franconia--which, in passing within three miles of the British shore, ran into a British ship and sank her;
Rem, Judgment in
and jurisdiction to decide as to its dis-position, the adjudication is conclusive against the world, see opinion of judges, per Blackburn J., in the House of Lords, supra. The chief instances are in the Admiralty Courts; foreign … House of Lords, supra. The chief instances are in the Admiralty Courts; foreign judgments, declar-ing status of a ship; or in the matrimonial causes, etc.; grants of probate or administration; con-demnation of goods by a competent tribunal,
Justiciary, High Court of
supreme Criminal Court of Scotland, consists of the Lord Justice General, the Lord Justice Clerk, and the other Judges of the Court of Session who are exofficio Lords Commissioners of Justiciary. It has jurisdic-tion in all cases … Commissioners of Justiciary. It has jurisdic-tion in all cases of crime committed in Scotland or in a British ship at sea. It sits in Edinburgh, and, on circuit, at various other places. It has certain appellate jurisdiction,
Letters of marque
in the sovereign power to determine when reprisals may be made, else every private sufferer would be a judge in his own cause, 4 Hen. 5, c. 7; Muratori's Antichita Italiane, tit. 'Roppresaglie'; Malvezzi's Chron. of Brescia. … But the term itself is now somewhat differently applied. If during war a subject should take an enemy's ship, without commission from the Crown, the prize would, by the effect of the prerogative, become a droit of
Bail
order of a Secretary of State or by the King's Bench Division of the High Court, or a judge thereof in vacation; while, on the other hand, they are bound to admit to bail in all cases … criminal offence to agree to indemnify anyone who goes bail, R. v. Porter, 1910 (1) KB 369. A shipowner is entitled to have his ship released from arrest upon giving bail. An undertaking by his solicitor will
guardian
represent in a particular lawsuit the interests of a minor, a person not yet born, or a person judged incompetent guardian by nature : natural guardian in this entry natural guardian : a guardian by natural relationship
Wages
Jurisdiction are given jurisdiction to try cases where wages not exceeding 50l. are claimed by a seaman (Merchant Shipping Act, 1894, s. 164). See also title MASTER AND SERVANT; PREFERENTIAL PAYMENTS; TRUCK ACTS. It includes any privilege … In other words, they are payments made by an employer for services rendered, G.M. Joshi v. First Civil Judge, AIR 1958 Bom 262. Wages, ought to include gratuity as well, Tirjugi Sitaram v. Badlu Prasad Bheru Prasad,
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