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Salvage
Salvage, allowance or compensation made by maritime law to those by whose exertions ships or goods have been saved from the dangers of the seas, fire, … peril has a lien upon them, and may retain them till payment of salvage. In this, however, the maritime law differs from the Common Law. No doctrine similar to 'salvage' applies to things lost upon land, nor to
Law of shipping
Law of shipping, means the part of maritime law relating to the building, equipping, registering, owning, inspecting, transporting, and employing of ships alongwith the laws applicable to … owning, inspecting, transporting, and employing of ships alongwith the laws applicable to shipmasters, agents, crews and cargoes; the maritime law relating to ships. Also termed shipping law, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 893.
lien
rent or sometimes repayment of money otherwise owed to a landlord maritime lien : a lien arising under maritime law against a ship or its cargo (as for services or supplies tendered or for damages caused by a
Oleron
up the laws of the Navy still called the Laws of Oleron. According to some French writers these maritime laws were digested as the Reole des Jugemens d'Oleron, by direction of Queen Eleanor, wife of Henry II. … been able mariners for seven or eight hundred years past. They are said to have drawn up the laws of the Navy still called the Laws of Oleron. According to some French writers these maritime laws were
admiralty
admiralty : the court having jurisdiction over questions of maritime law ;also : maritime law … admiralty : the court having jurisdiction over questions of maritime law ;also : maritime law
Consolato del mare
A collection of maritime laws of disputed origin supposed to have been first published at Barcelona early in the 14th century It … A collection of maritime laws of disputed origin supposed to have been first published at Barcelona early in the 14th century It has
saving to suitors clause
title 28 section 1333(1) of the U.S. Code that allows a party to pursue a remedy for a maritime claim in a state court when entitled to such remedy and that effectively means that a party may … saving to suitors clause :a clause in federal law found at title 28 section 1333(1) of the U.S. Code that allows a party to pursue a remedy
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