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York-Antwerp Rules
subject of general average for the assistance of shipowners, merchants, underwriters and average-adjusters for insertion in bills of lading, charter-parties and policies of insurance. The rules were adopted as a result of a conference of the Associa-tion
Unseaworthy ships
state was under the circumstances reasonable and justifiable. As to the meaning of unseaworthiness in a bill of lading, see The Schwan, 1909 AC 450.
Stowage
Stowage, money paid for a room where goods are laid; housage; the mode of lading a ship. See Stevens on Stowage.
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Restraints of princes
Restraints of princes. The expression occurs in marine insurance policies, bills of lading, etc., usually as part of the phrase 'Arrests or Restraints of Princes, Rulers or People', being one of
Port
Port, a place for the lading or unlading of ships, created by royal charter or lawful prescription. See Foreman v. Free Fishers and Dredgers
Perils of the sea
Co. v. Pandorf & Co., (1887) 12 App Cas 518, that, where (under a charter-party or bills of lading which excepted dangers and accidents of the seas'), rats gnawed a hole in a pipe on board ship,
Passing-ticket
permit, being a note or check which the toll-clerks on some canals given to the boatmen, specifying the lading for which they have paid toll.
Lastage or lestage
markets to carry things bought whither one will. But it is more accurately taken for the ballast or lading of a ship. Also, custom paid for wares sold by the last, as herrings, pitch, etc., Jac. Law
Indorsee
Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 778. Indorsee, the person to whom a bill of exchange, promissory note, bill of lading, etc., is assigned by indorsement, giving him a right to sue thereon. [NI Act, 1881 (26 of 1881),
Affreightment
Fr.], the contract of a shipowner to carry goods for the payment called freight. See CHARTER-PARTY; BILL OF LADING.
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