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maritime law

maritime law : law that relates to commerce and navigation on the high seas and other navigable waters and that is administered by the admiralty courts NOTE: Article

maritime cause of action

maritime cause of action A case arising on the sea, ocean, Great Lakes or navigable rivers, or from some act or contract concerning the commerce and navigation thereof. Source: FindLaw

maritime

maritime : of or relating to navigation or commerce on navigable waters

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Common carrier

to particular goods or to particular routes or even as to two or more specified points, River Steam Navigation Co. Ltd. v. Shyam Sunder Tea Co. Ltd., AIR 1962 SC 1276 (1279): (1962) 2 SCR 802. [Carriers

contract

agreed upon called also contract for deed land contract maritime contract : a contract directly relating to the navigation, business, or commerce of the high seas or other navigable waters and falling within the jurisdiction of the

Maritime law

system of maritime law with those universally recognised principles of justice and general convenience on which merchants and navigators should act. The decisions of Lord Mansfield did much to fix the principles and to improve and perfect

Industrial establishment

to the construction, development or maintenance of buildings, roads, bridges or canals, or relating to operations connected with navigation, irrigation or the supply of water, or relating to the generation, transmission and distribution of electricity or any

Harbour

Edn., Vol. 36, para 401, p. 231. Means a harbour property so called whether natural or artificial, estuary, navigable river, pier, jetty, and other work in or at which ships can obtain shelter or ship and unship

Hypothetical case

court of law to advise parties what their rights would be under an hypothetical state of facts, Glasgow Navigation Co. v. Iron Ore Co., 1910 AC 293.

Insurance

as want of repair, want of stores, want of provisions, want of nautical instruments, insufficiency of hands to navigate the vessel, or incompetency of the master. (6) All loss arising from unusual protraction of the voyage. (7)

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