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Tonnage

a ship will carry; as to measurement, see ss. 77 to 78 and Sch. II. of the (English) Merchant Shipping Act, 1894, and ss. 54, 55 of the (English) Merchant Shipping Act, 1906 (Chitty's Statutes, tit. 'Shipping'). … the (English) Merchant Shipping Act, 1894, and ss. 54, 55 of the (English) Merchant Shipping Act, 1906 (Chitty's Statutes, tit. 'Shipping'). The capacity of a vessel for carrying freight or other loads, calculated in tons, Black's Law

Homine eligendo ad custodiendam peciam sigilli pro mercatoribus editi

to keep one part of the seal appointed for statutes-merchant, when a former is dead, according to the Statute of Acton Burnell, Reg. Brev. 178.

Certificando de recognitione stapul'

de recognitione stapul', a writ commanding the mayor of the staple to certify to the Lord Chancellor a statute-staple taken before him where the party himself detains it, and refuses to bring in the same. There is

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Chattels or catals

as terms of years of lands or tenements, wardships, the interest of tenant by statute staple, by statute merchant, by elegit, and such like, Co. Litt., 118 b. Chattels personal or in a more narrow and more

Mercantile Law Amendment Act, 1856 (English)

ships, every port in the United Kingdom is to be deemed a home port; (9) that actions for merchants' accounts must be brought within six years; (10) that absence beyond seas is no disability availing the plaintiff … be brought within six years; (10) that absence beyond seas is no disability availing the plaintiff within the Statute of Limitations; and (11) that part payment by one co-contractor is not to prevent the bar by the Statute

Staple

places. A Court was held before the mayor of the staple, which court was governed by the law merchant. It appears from Statute 14 Ric. 2, that the staple goods of England then were wool, woolfells, leather,

Statuto mercatorio

Statuto mercatorio, an ancient writ for imprisoning him who had forfeited a statute-merchant bond, until the debt was satisfied, Reg. Brev. 146.

Clerico capto per statutum mercatorum

writ for the delivery of a clerk out of prison, who is imprisoned upon the breach of a statute-merchant, Reg. Brev. 147.

Appointed day

Act of Parliament for some purpose of the statute; see, e.g., the Local Government Act, 1894, s. 84; Merchant Shipping Act, 1906, s. 5. In relation to a Tribunal or an Appellate Tribunal, means the date on

Inquiries

statutes. Departmental inquiries may or must in certain circumstances be instituted, e.g., inquiries under the Factory, Local Government, Merchant Shipping (Wreck Inquiries), Housing, Town and Country Planning, Road Traffic and other Acts. The term 'inquiries', as used … in Scotland the Court of Session, to inquire into a definite matter of urgent public importance under various statutes. Departmental inquiries may or must in certain circumstances be instituted, e.g., inquiries under the Factory, Local Government, Merchant

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