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Ship

for the 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.

Limited liability

of the carriage of certain animals, bys. 7 of the (English) Railway and Canal Traffic Act, 1854. Air Navigation.--As to limitation of liability for certain damage caused by aircraft, see (English) Air Navigation Act, 1936 (26 Geo.

Way

highways is by in-dictment. Consult Gale or Goddard on Ease-ments;Glen on Highwys.; and see HIGHWAYS; TRUNK ROADS. Waterway.-A navigable river is deemed to be a highway; and if the water, which is the highway, change its course

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Foreshore

Foreshore. 'The shore and bed of the sea and of every channel, creek, bay, estuary, and of every navigable river of the United Kingdom as far up the same as the tide flows to the line between

Thames

in or on randans, wherries, skiffs, dingeys, shallops, punts, canoes, rafts, and other small boats and craft however navigated on the Thames above Teddington ock, and for preventing the overcrowding of such vessels'; and for very many

Registry of ships

Registry of ships. The registry of ships appears to have been introduced into this country by the (English) Navigation Act (12 Car. 2, c. 18, A.D. 1660); several provisions were made with respect to it by 7

Pilot

Law rule), owners and masters of ships become liable for damage caused by the ship or fault in navigation, in districts where the employment of a pilot is compulsory, even though the pilot was in charge of

Perils of the sea

Perils of the sea, means perils, dangers and accidents of the sea or other navigable waters is an expression meaning perils, or accidents peculiar to sea or navigable waters, which could not have

Crew-flight

Crew-flight, means those members of the crew of the aircraft who respectively undertakes to act as pilot, flight navigator, flight engineer and flight radio operation of the Aircraft, Air Navigation Order, 1989, SI 1989/2004, Art. 106(1) (UK)

vessel

vessel A ship, brig, sloop or other craft used, or capable of being used, in navigation on water. In order to be a vessel, for purposes of the Jones Act, the structure's purpose must

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