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A document used in shipping goods by sea In the case of free goods the shipping notes are the receiving note addressed by the shipper to the chief officer of the vessel requesting him to receive on board specified goods and a receipt for the mate to sign on receiving whose signature it is called the mates receipt and is surrendered by the shipper for the bills of lading...
Allotment notes
Allotment notes, as to the payment of seamen's wages during absence by means of allotment notes, see Merchant Shipping Act, 1894, ss. 140-144; Merchant Shipping Act, 1906, s. 62; and Merchant Shipping (Seamen's Allotment) Act, 1911, s. 1....
Advance note
Advance note. A draft on the owners of a ship or their agents issued by the captain to a seaman for a sum not exceeding a month's wages payable to the seaman's order after the sailing of the ship, provided he goes to sea pursuant to his agreement. (Merchant Shipping Act, 1894, s. 140)...
Ship
Ship, the carriage of goods by Sea Act, 1925 (26 of 1925). [XXVI of 1925, Sch. Art. 1, Cl. (d)]Ship, means any vessel used for the carriage of goods by sea.A type of vessel used or intended to be used in navigation, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 1382.In the Merchant Shipping Act, 1894 (57 & 58 Vict. c. 60), by s. 742, 'includes every description of vessel used in navigation not propelled by oars.' [This definition has been adopted by the Workmen's Compensation Act, 1925 (15 & 16 Geo. 5, c. 34), s. 48(1)]'Foreign-going ship,' by the same s., 'includes every ship employed in trading, or going between some place or places in the United Kingdom, and some place or places situate beyond the following limits: that is to say, the coasts of the United Kingdom, the Channel Islands and the Isle of Man, and the continent of Europe, between the river Elbe and Brest inclusive'; and'Home-trade ship' includes 'every ship employed in trading or going' within the above limits; and'Home-trade pass...
Merchant shipping
Merchant shipping. The Acts relating to Merchant Shipping have been twice consolidated: first, in 1854, by 17 & 18 Vict. c. 104; and, secondly, in 1894, by the (English) Merchant Shipping Act, 1894 (57 & 58 Vict. c. 60), which contains 748 ss. and 22 schedules, the 22nd Schedule containing 48 repealed enactments.By s. 713 of the (English) Act the Board of Trade exercises a general control over merchant shipping. Additions and amendments have been made to the Act of 1894 by various Acts, the most important of which re: the Merchant Shipping Acts, 1906,1907, 1911, 1920, and 1921; the Merchant Shipping (Stevedores and Trimmers) Act, 1911; the Merchant Shipping (Seamen's Allotment)Act, 1911; the Marine Conventions Act, 1911; Merchant Shipping (Certificates) Act, 1914; Merchant Shipping (Salvage)Act, 1916; Merchant Shipping (Wireless Telegraphy)Act, 1919; Merchant Shipping Acts (Amendment) Act, 1923; Fees (Increase) Act, 1923; Merchant Shipping (International Labour Conventions) Act, 1925; ...
Collision of ships
Collision of ships, the striking or running foul of one ship against another. The remedy is either an action at law or a suit in the Admiralty Division. The possibilities under which a collision may occur, and the rules acted on by the Court of Admiralty, have been thus stated by Lord Stowell in The Woodrop-Sims, (1815) 2 Dodson, 85:-'In the first place, it may happen without blame being imputable to either party: as where the loss is occasioned by a storm or any other vis major, in that case the misfortune must be borne by the party on whom it happens to light, the other not being responsible to him in any degree. Secondly, a misfortune of this kind may arise where both parties are to blame, where there has been a want of due diligence or of skill on both sides: in such a case, the rule of law is, that the loss must be apportioned between them, as having been occasioned by the fault of both of them. Thirdly, it may happen by the misconduct of the suffering party only, and then the rul...
Registry of ships
Registry of ships. The registry of ships appears to have been introduced into this country by the (English) Navigation Act (12 Car. 2, c. 18, A.D. 1660); several provisions were made with respect to it by 7 & 8 Wm. 3, c. 22, and the whole was reduced into a system by the 27 Geo. 3, c. 19. It is now provided for by Part I. of the Merchant Shipping Act, 1894 (57 & 58 Vict. c. 60), Chit. Stat., tit. 'Shipping,' by which (s. 2) every British ship must be registered under the Act, except (s. 3) 'ships not exceeding fifteen tons burden employed solely in navigation on the rivers or coasts of the United Kingdom, or on the rivers or coasts of some British possession within which the managing owners of the ships are resident,' and 'ships not exceeding thirty tons burden, and not having a whole or fixed deck and employed solely in fishing or trading coastwise on the shores of Newfoundland or parts adjacent thereto, or in the Gulf of Saint Lawrence, or on such portions of the coasts of Canada as ...
Ship's husband
Ship's husband, a peculiar agent appointed by the owner of a ship to look after the repairs, equip-ment, management, and other concerns of the ship. His duties are: (1) To see to the proper outfit of the vessel, the repairs, tackle and furniture necessary for a seaworthy ship. (2) To have a proper master, mate, and crew for the ship, so that in this respect it shall be seaworthy. (3) To see to the due furnishing of provisions and stores. (4) To see to the regularity of clearance from the Custom-house of the registry. (5) To settle contracts, and provide for payment of the furnishings requisite. (6) To enter into charter-parties, or engage the vessel for general freight, under usual conditions; and to settle for freights and adjust averages with the merchant. (7) To preserve the proper certificates, surveys, and documents, in case of disputes with insures of freighters, and to keep regular books of the ship, Story's Agency, 31. See Maclachlan on Shipping. He must be registered under the...
Indian ship
Indian ship, 'Indian ship' means a ship registered as such under this Act and includes any ship registered at any port in India at the commence-ment of this Act which is recognised as an Indian ship under the proviso to sub-s. (2) of s. 22. [Merchant Shipping Act, 1958 (44 of 1958), s. 3(1)(18)]...
note
note 1 a : a written promise to pay a debt ;specif : promissory note in this entry bank note : a promissory note issued by a bank payable to bearer on demand but without interest and circulating as money cog·no·vit note [kÄ g-nō-vit-, kōg-] : a note in which the maker acknowledges the debt and authorizes the entry of judgment against him or her without notice or a hearing : a note containing a confession of judgment collateral note : a note secured esp. by a collateral mortgage and pledged to secure an obligation of which a hand note usually serves as evidence demand note : a note payable on demand compare time note in this entry floating rate note : a negotiable note that yields an indexed and periodically adjusted variable rate of interest called also floater hand note : a note for an obligation secured by a collateral note non-recourse note : a note whose satisfaction upon default may be obtained only out of the collateral securing it promisso...
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