Quarter Deck - Law Dictionary Search Results
Home Dictionary Name: quarter deckQuarter deck
That part of the upper deck abaft the mainmast including the poop deck when there is one...
Breastrail
The upper rail of any parapet of ordinary height as of a balcony the railing of a quarter deck etc...
Frigate built
Built like a frigate with a raised quarter deck and forecastle...
Gunwale
The upper edge of a vessels or boats side the uppermost wale of a ship not including the bulwarks or that piece of timber which reaches on either side from the quarter deck to the forecastle being the uppermost bend which finishes the upper works of the hull...
Deck cargo
Deck cargo. By s. 10 of the (English) Merchant Shipping Act, 1906 (6 Edw. 7, c. 48), 'deck cargo' means any cargo carried either in any uncovered space on deck or in any covered space not included in the cubical contents forming the ship's registered tonnage. The (English) Merchant Shipping (Safety and Load Line Conventions) Act, 1932 (22 Geo. 5, c. 9), s. 61, gives the Board of Trade power to make regulations, known as 'timber cargo regulations,' as to the carrying of timber in any uncovered space on deck....
Quarter Sessions
Quarter Sessions, the sittings of the whole body of the justices of the peace in a county, and of a recorder in a borough, having a separate Court of quarter sessions, four times in each year, or oftener, to try certain indictable offences, and hear appeals from petty sessions. The holding of quarter sessions can be dispensed with or the time for holding them varied within certain limits by virtue of the Assizes and Quarter Sessions Act, 1908, as amended by the Crim. Justice Act, 1925; see ss. 18-23 and 1st Sched. Where by statute the decision of the Quarter Sessions is final, there is no power to state a case for the opinion of the High Court, Kydd v. Liverpool Watch Committee, 1908 AC 327. See SESSIONS OF THE PLACE....
Quarter-days
Quarter-days, the days which begin the four quarters of the year, viz., the 25th of March, or Lady-day; the 24th of June, or Midsummer-day; the 29th of September, or Michaelmas-day; and the 25th of December, or Christmas-day. The half-quarter days are February 8, May 9, August 11, and November 11. The Scottish quarter days are February 2, May 15, August 1, and November 11. In Northern Ireland the quarter-days are the same as for England....
Quarter saw
To saw a log into quarters specif to saw into quarters and then into boards as by cutting alternately from each face of a quarter to secure lumber that will warp relatively little or show the grain advantageously...
Deck chair
a folding chair usually having arms and a full length leg rest used for relaxing on the deck of a ship at poolside etc Also called steamer chair...
Half decked
Partially decked...
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