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London, Port of. The administration is provided for by the Port of London (Consolidation) Act, 1920 (10 & 11 Geo. 5, c. clxxiii.); s. 6 enacts:-(1) There shall be a chairman and vice-chairman and other members of the Port Authority elected and appointed in manner provided by this Act for the purpose of administering, preserving and improving the Port of London and otherwise for the purposes of this Act, and the several persons who now constitute and shall, from time to time constitute the Port Authority, shall notwithstanding the repeal of enactments effected by this Act, continue and be a body corporate by the name of 'the Port of London Authority, and by that name shall continue to have perpetual succession and a common seal having power to acquire and hold land for the purposes of this Act without licence in mortmain.(2) The several persons who were respectively the chairman, vice-chairman and other members of the Port Authority immediately before the passing of this Act, and shall ...
Cinque Ports
Cinque Ports [quinque prtus, Lat.], certain anciently enfranchised havens, lying on the coast towards France. In the time of Edward the Confessor there were only there ports, viz., Dover, Sandwich, and Rommey; but in the time of William the Conqueror Hastings and Hythe were added, making five, whence the name Cinque Ports. Winchelsea and Rye were afterwards added by or before the accession of King John, but the old name, though now become inappropriate, was still retained. The (English) Cinque Ports Act, 1855 (18 & 19 Vict. c. 48), abolishes all jurisdiction and authority of the Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports and Constable of Dover Castle, in or in relation to the administration of justice in actions, suits, or other civil proceedings at law or in equity, but with a saving (s. 10) of his Admiralty jurisdiction and certain other rights. The office of Lord Warden is still one of great dignity, and is always held by some person of eminence....
Major port
Major port, means a port declared to be a major port by or under any law made by Parliament or any existing law and includes all areas for the time being included within the limits of such port, Commentary on the Constitution of India, Durga Das Basu, Vol. 5, p. 213. [Constitution of India, Art. 364(2)(a)]The President is empowered to exclude, restrict or modify the laws made by Parliament or a State Legislature or the existing laws in their application to major ports, Commentary on the Constitution of India, Durga Das Basu, Vol. 5, p. 203, Constitution of India, Art. 364....
Guardian, or Warden, of the Cinque Ports
Guardian, or Warden, of the Cinque Ports, a magistrate who has the jurisdiction of the ports or havens which are called the Cinque Ports. This office was first created amongst us, in imitation of the Roman policy, to strengthen the sea-coasts against enemies, etc., Camd. Brit. 238. See CINQUE PORTS...
Customs of the port
Customs of the port, there are usages in many sea-ports, generally known as customs of the port, which have been frequently established in litiga-tion, Halsbury's Laws of England, Vol. 12(1), para 692, p. 243...
Port
Port, a place for the lading or unlading of ships, created by royal charter or lawful prescription. See Foreman v. Free Fishers and Dredgers of Whitstable, (1869) LR 4 HL, at p. 285. Portus est locus in quo exportantur et importantur merces. 2 Inst. 148.(A port is a place -where goods are exported an imported.) See LONDON, PORT OF; HAVENS; and 1 Br. & Had. Com. 314, and 2 Steph. Com., and HARBOUR....
Porte
The Ottoman court the government of the Turkish empire officially called the Sublime Porte from the gate port of the sultans palace at which justice was administered...
Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports
Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports. See CINQUE PORTS....
Port authority
Port authority, means any authority administering a port. [Child Labour (Prohibition and Regulation) Act, 1986 (61 of 1986) s. 2(vii)]...
port of entry
port of entry Place (often an airport) where a person requests admission to the U.S. by the Customs and Border Protection officer. Source: Department of State. March 2007. ...
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