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Lighthouse
Lighthouse, a building, from which lights are shown to guide ships at sea. The power of erecting and maintaining them is a branch of the royal prerogative. By the
Maritime lien
(1843-60) All ER Rep 125. A maritime lien is a claim which attaches to the res i.e., the ship, freight, or cargo. It may arise ex delicto, e.g., compensation for damage by collision, or ex contractu, for
Pilot
Pilot, a person taken on board at any particular place for the purpose of conducting a ship through a river, road, or channel, or from or into a port, defined in s. 742 of the
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Limited liability
the Companies Act, 1929 (19 & 20 Geo. 5, c. 23). Consult Palmer; Hemmant; Lindley on Company Law. Shipowners, Canals, Docks, and Railways.--The liability of shipowners for loss or injury to goods or passengers carried in their
Cargo
Cargo [fr. Cargo, Sp., the load of a ship; charge, Fr.], the lading of a ship, the merchandise or wares contained and conveyed in a ship. Includes
Bottomry
A contract in the nature of a mortgage by which the owner of a ship or the master as his agent hypothecates and binds the ship and sometimes the accruing freight as security
Owner
respective control. [Manipur Municipalities Act, 1994 (43 of 1994), s. 2(40)] Owner means, (a) in relation to a ship, the person to whom the ship or a share in the ship belongs; (b) in relation to a
barratry
deception, from barater to deceive, cheat] 1 : an unlawful act or fraudulent breach of duty by a ship's master or crew that injures the interests of the ship's or cargo's owners often used in marine insurance
Trinity house
the conduction of the Queen's Majesty's Navy Royal, and bound to foresee the good increase and maintenance of ships, and of all kinds of men trained and brought up to watercraft most meet for Her Majesty's marine
Seamen
Seamen, persons engaged in navigating ships, barges, etc., upon the high seas. Those employed for this purpose upon rivers, lakes, or canals are denominated
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