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Bill of Lading
of title to them and evidence of the contract. It is signed by or on behalf of the shipowner and given to the shipper. A 'through Bill of Lading, relates to a contract for the carriage of
Bail
criminal offence to agree to indemnify anyone who goes bail, R. v. Porter, 1910 (1) KB 369. A shipowner is entitled to have his ship released from arrest upon giving bail. An undertaking by his solicitor will
Back-freight
Back-freight. The freight payable by an owner of goods when the shipowner is unable to deliver them at their destination.
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Arrest of ship
rem. The ship can be released by giving bail to the extent of the claim and costs. See SHIPOWNER, R. S. C. Ord. V., rr. 15 and 16, and Roscoe's Admiralty Practice. When the arrest is malicious,
Affreightment
Affreightment [fr. fret, Fr.], the contract of a shipowner to carry goods for the payment called freight. See CHARTER-PARTY; BILL OF LADING.
Freight
contracted to be carried and through any fault of the consignor has not been carried. As to the shipowners' lien for freight, see (English) Merchant Shipping Act, 1894, ss. 494, 495 (repeating ss. 68-70 of the repealed
Perils of the sea
whereby sea-water escaped and damaged a cargo of rice, without neglect or default on the part of the shipowners or their servants, the damage was held to be due to a peril of the sea (as the
Thames
c. 32, to the (English) Thames Preservation Act, 1885. The 'conservators' under the Act ae partly elected by shipowners, dock-owners and wharfingers, and partly appointed by Water Companies. In them are vested (see s. 58) the bed
York-Antwerp Rules
York-Antwerp Rules. Optional rules of practice on the subject of general average for the assistance of shipowners, merchants, underwriters and average-adjusters for insertion in bills of lading, charter-parties and policies of insurance. The rules were
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