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A unit of measurement of the passenger transportation performed by a railroad during a given period usually a year the total of which consists of the sum of the miles traversed by all the passengers on the road in the period in question...
Passenger mileage
Passenger miles collectively the total number of miles traveled by passengers on a railroad during a given period...
Passengers
Passengers, persons conveyed from one place to another. Passenger ships are those peculiarly appropriated to the conveyance of passengers, as distinguished from cargo ships. In some respects, passengers by ship may be considered as a portion of the crew. They may be called on by the master or commander of the ship, in case of imminent danger, either from tempest or enemies, to lend their assistance for the general safety; and in the event of their declining, may be punished for disobedience. This principle has been recognized in several cases; but as the authority arises out of the necessity of the case, it must be exercised strictly within the limits of that necessity, Boyce v. Bayliffe, (1807) 1 Camp 58.A passenger is not, however, bound to remain on board a ship in the hour of danger, but may quit it if he has an opportunity; and he is not required to take upon himself any responsibility as to the conduct of the ship; if he incurs any responsibility, and perform extraordinary servic...
Passenger
Passenger, 'passenger' any person on a railway in any description or class of traveling train or carriage on payment of his fare, whether at full rates or at concessional rates. Railway Passengers Fare Act, 1971, s.2(b) trespasser or person traveling without ticket or pass or authority in not a passenger, Sundari v. Union of India, AIR 1984 All 277 (278).Means a person travelling with a valid pass or ticket. [Railways Act, 1989 (24 of 1989), s. 2(29)]A Railway servant on duty is not a passenger, AIR 1988 Pat 130 (132).Passenger, is a person whom a common carrier has contracted to carry from one place to another, Sundari v. Union of India, AIR 1984 All 277.Means a person whom a common carrier has contracted to carry from one place to another, Black's Law Dictionary.Means a traveller in or on a public or private conveyance other than the driver, pilot crew, etc., New India Assurance Co. Ltd. v. Annakutty, AIR 1993 Ker 299: (1993) ILR 1 Ker 850: (1993) 1 ACC 684: (1992) 2 Ker LJ 858: (199...
Five-mile Act
Five-mile Act, 35 Eliz. c. 2,whereby popish recusants, convicted for not going to church, were compelled to repair to their usual place of abode, and not to remove above five miles from thence, repealed (after long disuse) by 7 & 8 Vict. c. 102. Also, 17 Car. 2, c. 2, whereby clergy who refused to take the oath of non-resistance imposed by the Act on all who had not subscribed the Act of Uniformity, were forbidden to come within five miles of a corporate town, and non-conformists were forbidden to teach in any school under heavy penalties; repealed by 52 Geo. 3, c. 155, s. 1.A 1665 Act prohibiting Puritan minister from teach-ing or coming within fix miles any town where they had held of the if they refused to pledges that they would not seek to overturn the church of England. Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn....
Any passenger
Any passenger, the expression 'any passenger' is an expression of very wide amplitude and means all passengers, whether they are gratuitous or whether they are carried on payment. The fact that the expression 'any passenger' has been used in the policy without any qualifying words of the nature clearly shows that it includes within its ambit the gratuitous passengers as well, United India General Insurance Co. Ltd., Surat v. Shantaben Jerambhai, AIR 1982 Guj 212....
twelve-mile limit
twelve-mile limit : a limit of a nation's territorial waters extending twelve miles from shore ...
Sea mile
A geographical mile See Mile...
Medium passenger motor vehicle
Medium passenger motor vehicle, means any public service vehicle or private service vehicle, or educational institution bus other than a motor cycle, invalid carriage, light motor vehicle or heavy passenger motor vehicle. [Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 (59 of 1988), s. 2(24)]...
Car mile
A mile traveled by a single car taken as a unit of computation as in computing the average travel of each car of a system during a given period...
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