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or steamer, (iii) any other vessel propelled by internal combustion engine or by any other mechanical means, (iv) railway engine, (v) any aircraft, or (vi) any component or accessory part of any of the goods mentioned in
Wharfage
London (Consolidation) Act, 1920, supra. It means the charge levied on goods for not removing them from the railway after the expiry of the free time for such removal. [Railways Act, 1989, s. 2 (41)] As the
Warehouse
the purpose of storing goods on behalf of depositors, but does not include cloak rooms attached to hotels, railway stations, the premises of other public carries and the like. [Gujarat Warehouses Act, 2006, s. 2(j)] Means any
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Volenti non fit injuria
Lord Watson in Smith v. Baker, 1891, AC (355). The question is one for the jury, Dublin, etc., Railway Co. v. Slattery, (1878) 3 App Cas 1155. For a recent application of the maxim, see Herd v.
Untoward incident
reservation or booking office or on any platform or in any other place within the precincts of a railway station; or (2) the accidental falling of any passenger from a train carrying passengers. [Railways Act, 1989 (24
Ultra vires
authorize, and an act which, if every individual corporator assented to it, would still remain illegitimate.' See Asbhury Railway Carriage and Iron Co. v. Riche, (1875) LR 7 HL 653, where the Houseof Lords held that a
Trespasser
no duty to a trespasser, the rule being that a man trespasses at his own risk, Grand Trunk Railway of Canada v. Barnett, 1911 AC 370; and see Latham v. R. Johnson & Nephew, (1913) 1 KB
Tramways
Tramways, rails for conveyance of traffic along a road not owned, as a railway is, by those who lay down the rails and convey the traffic. The construction and regulation of tramways
Tout
for the purposes of such procurement frequents the precincts of Civil or Criminal Courts or of revenue-offices, or railway stations, landing stages, lodging places or other places of public resort. (Legal Practitioners Act, 1879, s. 3)
Tort
in transitu [Pontifex v. Mid. Ry. Co., (1877) 3 QBD 23]; and an action for injury to a railway passenger [Kelly v. Metropolitan Ry. Co., (1895) 1 QB 944]. The distinction between tort and contract is not
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