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Bill of Lading
transitu or to freight. See (English) Carriage of Goods by Sea Act, 1924 (14 & 15 Geo. 5, c. 22), and … on board. (2) it is the document that contains the terms of the contract for the carriage of the goods agreed
Wills
personal estate made by soldiers in actual military service, or seamen at sea. This exception includes military and naval officers of … children their 'reasonable parts.' See REASONABLE PARTS. The third s., termed the 'general enabling clause,' as explained by the Law of
Limitation of actions and prosecutions
12] An allowance to the plaintiff for 'absence beyond the seas' which formerly obtained is excluded by s. 4 of the … or unsoundness of mind, are allowed six years from the termination of their disability, and their representatives the same time from
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Letters of marque
for reparation to merchants taken and despoiled by strangers at sea, grantable by the Secretaries of State, with the approbation of … 173. The words marque and reprisal are used as synonymous terms, although the latter is, strictly, taking in return; the former
Administrator
when the next person entitled to the grant is beyond sea, lest the goods perish or the debts be lost: Administration … manage the assets and liabilities of an interstate decedent. This term once referred to males only (as opposed to administratrix), but
Building
& 21 Geo. 5, c. clviii.), has no definition. The term 'new building' was defined in s. 23 of the (English)
Foras
limited to the new salt batty ground reclaimed from the sea, or other waste ground lying outside the Fort, Native Town, … being then a mere outlying dependency of Bassein. Subsequently the term 'foras' was, for the most part, though perhaps not quite
Import
bring into India from a place outside India by land, sea or air. [Explosives Act, 1884 (4 of 1884), s. 4 … foreign seller and remitted the amount to foreign seller in terms thereof, Udayani Ship Breakers Ltd. v. Commissioner of Customs and
Piracy
commission of those acts of robbery and violence upon the sea, which if committed upon land wold amount to felony. Pirates … with death, shall be liable to penal servitude for the term of the natural life of such offender. As to the
Contraband
that they are intended to be forwarded by land or sea from that neutral port to an enemy country. This doctrine … of a particular state or by special treaties; also a term applied to designate that class of commodities which neutrals are
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