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warranty of merchantability (fitness for a particular purpose)

warranty of merchantability (fitness for a particular purpose) A promise arising by operation of law that something sold shall be merchantable and fit for the purpose required. Source: FindLaw … warranty of merchantability (fitness for a particular purpose) A promise arising by operation of law that something sold shall be merchantable

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Merchants' accounts

Merchants' accounts. The period of limitation of action for the recovery of these is six years. see MERCANTILE LAW AMENDMENT ACT, 1856 (English). … Merchants' accounts. The period of limitation of action for the recovery of these is six years. see MERCANTILE LAW

Statute-merchant

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Merchant shipping

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Ship

carriage of goods by sea. A type of vessel 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

Piracy

at Common Law have been made piracy by statute, e.g., rendering assistance to a pirate, or boarding a merchant ship and destroying her goods (8 Geo. 1, c. 24, s. 1, made perpetual by 2 Geo. 2, … robbers. They are, as Cicero has truly stated, the common enemies of all (communes hostes omnium); and the law of nations gives to every one the right to pursue and exterminate them without any previous declaration of

Maritime law

Maritime law, the law relating to harbours, ships, and seamen. An important branch of the commercial law of maritime nations; … Great Britain. The laws and practices that now obtain amongst us have been founded on the practice of merchants, the principles of the Civil Law, the laws of Oleron and Wisby the works of juris-consults, the judicial

Common Law

General customs, or those applicable to and governing the whole kingdom, comprehending the law of nations and the law merchant. (2) Particular customs, i.e., affecting the inhabitants of particular districts. (3) The Civil and Canon Laws, properly denominated

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