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Quays. As to erection of quays in or near to a public harbour, or river communicating therewith, see the (English) Public Harbours Act, 1806 (46 Geo. 3, c. 153), amended by the (English) Harbours Transfer Act, 1862 (25 & 26 Vict. c. 69), s. 15. See also the (English) Harbours, Docks, and Piers Clauses Act, 1847 (10 & 11 Vict. c. 27).By 9 & 10 Geo. 5, c. 20, the general powers over quays were transferred to the Ministry of Transport; and see HARBOURS....
Sky Sign
Sky Sign. This expression is defined in s. 91 (3) of the Public Health Acts Amendment Act, 1907, as follows:-'Sky sign' meansAny word, letter, model, sign, device, or representa-tion in the nature of an advertisement, announce-ment, or direction supported on or attached to any post, pole, standard, framework, or other support wholly or in part upon, over, or above any house, building or structure which, or any part of which, sky sign shall be visible against the sky from some point in any street or public way, and includes all and every part of any such post, pole, standard, framework, or other support.The expression 'sky sign' shall also include:Any balloon, parachute, or other similar device employed wholly or in part for the purposes of any advertisement or announcement on, over, or above any house, building, structure, or erection of any kind, or on or over any street or public way;But shall not include:(a) Any flagstaff, pole, vane, or weathercock unless adapted or used wholly or ...
Quay
A mole bank or wharf formed toward the sea or at the side of a harbor river or other navigable water for convenience in loading and unloading vessels...
Bailment
Bailment [fr. bailler, Fr., to deliver], a compendious expression to signify a contract resulting from delivery; perhaps best defined as a 'delivery of a thing in trust for some special object or person, and upon a contract express or implied, to conform to the object or purpose of the trust.'In the celebrated case of Coggs v. Bernard, (1704) Ld Raym 909; 1 Sm L C, Lord Holt divided bailments thus:-(1) Depositum, or a naked bailment of goods, to be kept for the use of the bailor.A restaurant keeper has been held liable for loss of an overcoat entrusted by a customer to a waiter, Ultzen v. Nicols, (1894) 1 QB 92; Orchard v. Bush & Co., (1898) 2 QB 284.(2) Commodatum. Where goods or chattels that are useful are lent to the bailee gratis, to be used by him. See Coughlin v. Gillison, (1899) 1 QB 145.(3) Locatio rei. Where goods are lent to the bailee to be used by him for hire.(4) Vadium. Pawn or pledge.(5) Locatio operis faciendi. Where goods are delivered to be carried, or something is t...
Kaia
Kaia, a key, quay, or wharf, Old Records....
Kay
Kay, a quay, or key....
Wharf
Wharf, a broad plain place, near some creek or haven, to lay goods and wares on that are brought to or from the water. See Harbours, Docks, and Piers Clauses Act, 1847 (10 & 11 Vict. c. 27), s. 68, and Port of London (Consolidation) Act, 1920 (10 Geo. 5, c. clxxiii.).A structure on shore of navigable waters, to which a vessel can be brought for loading or unloading, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 1589.There are two kinds-1st, legal, which are certain wharves in all seaports, appointed by commission from the Court of Exchequer, or legalized by Act of Parliament; 2nd, sufferance, which are places where certain goods may be landed and shipped, by special sufferance granted by the Crown for that purpose, 2 Steph. Com. See as to both kinds, Customs (Consolidation) Act, 1876 (39 & 40 Vict. c. 36). As to larcenies from a wharf, see Larceny Act, 1916, s. 15. As to implied liability or warranty for fitness of wharf for a ship unloading, see The Moorcock, (1889) 14 PD 64.Wharf, as a landin...
Wharfinger
Wharfinger, is defined as 'the occupier of a wharf' or 'a person who owns a wharf', Ramanatha Aiyar's The Law Lexicon; Board of Trustees of the Port of Bombay v. Sriyanesh Knitters, (1999) 7 SCC 359.It is defined as the occupier of wharf and it is further stated that as a rule, wharfingers have a general lien for the balance of their account, Jowitt's Dictionary of English Law; Board of Trustees of the Port of Bombay v. Sriyanesh Knitters, (1999) 7 SCC 359.This term is defined in s. 49 of the Port of London Act, 1908, as follows:The expression 'wharfinger' means the occupier of a wharf, quay warehouse, or granary adjoining the Port of London mainly used for warehousing the goods, imported into the Port of London, of persons other than the occupier of such premises.See also Merchant Shipping Act, 1894, s. 492.Wharfingers, who transport goods of their customers by lighter from importing ships, do not come under liability as common carriers, Consolidated Tea, etc., Co. v. Oliver's Wharf, ...
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