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Ton, 20 cwts. Of 112 lbs. avoirdupois each: see (English) Weights and Measures Act, 1878, s. 14.Ton, is a unit of volume in shipping parlance and is not to be taken as weight as may be commonly understood, Great Eastern Shipping Co. Ltd. v. Union of India, AIR 1989 Del 289.Means a unit of volume equal to 2.83 Cu. metres which is equal to 100 cu.feet, see Merchant Shipping Act, 1958, s. 74; Ports Act (15 of 1908), ss. 3(6), 33, 34, 41 and Sch. I, col. 3....
Foot ton
A unit of energy or work being equal to the work done in raising one ton against the force of gravity through the height of one foot...
Hundredweight
A denomination of weight containing 100 112 or 120 pounds avoirdupois according to differing laws or customs By the legal standard of England it is 112 pounds In most of the United States both in practice and by law it is 100 pounds avoirdupois the corresponding ton of 2000 pounds sometimes called the short ton being the legal ton...
Chaldron, Chaldern, or Chalder
Chaldron, Chaldern, or Chalder, twelve sacks of coals, each holding three bushels, weighing about a ton and a half. In Wales they reckon twelve barrels or pitchers a ton or chaldron, and 29 cwt. of 120 lbs. to the ton....
Locomotives. I
Locomotives. I. On Highways.--Locomotives on highways are of two classes: (a) Light Locomotives; (b) Heavy Locomotives.(a) Formerly the expression light locomotive and motor car meant the same apart from certain provisions as to registration. As to motor cars, see MOTOR CAR.Now light locomotives as defined by the (English) Road Traffic Act, 1930 (20 & 21 Geo. 5, c. 43), are mechanically propelled vehicles which are not constructed themselves to carry any load (other than water, fuel, equipment, tools, etc.), and the weight of which unladen does not exceed 11-1/2 tons, but does exceed 7-1/4 tons. Road Traffic Act, 1930 (20 & 21 Geo. 5, c. 43).A person under 21 shall not drive a light locomotive (s. 9), two persons must be employed in driving or attending, and if driving a trailer one or more in addition (s. 17). The period of continuous driving by any one person is limited by (s. 19) to 5-1/2 hours amounting to not more than 11 in the aggregate in 24 hours, and the driver is to have at ...
Motor Car
Motor Car, means a mechanically propelled vehicle, not being a motor cycle or an invalid carriage, which is constructed itself to carry a load or passengers and of which the weight unlades: (1) if it is constructed solely for the carriage of passengers and their effects, is adapted to carry not more than seven passengers exclusive of the driver, and is fitted with tyres of such type as may be specified in regulation made by the secretary of state, does not exceed 3,050 kilograms; (2) if it is constructed or adapted for use for the conveyance of goods or burden of any description does not exceed 3,050 kilograms, or 3,500 kilograms, if the vehicle carries a container or containers for holding, for the purpose of its propulsion; any fuel which is wholly gaseous at 17.5' Celsius under a pressure of 1.013 bar or plant and material for producing such fuel; or (3) in a case falling within neither head (1) nor head (2) above, does not exceed 2,540 kilograms, See Halsbury's Laws of England, 4th...
autonomy
autonomy : the quality or state of being self-governing ;esp : the right of self-government au·ton·o·mous [-məs] adj au·ton·o·mous·ly adv ...
wanton
wanton : manifesting extreme indifference to a risk of injury to another that is known or should have been known : characterized by knowledge of and utter disregard for probability of resulting harm [a act] [by such or willful misconduct] see also reckless NOTE: Wantonreckless, and willful are often used to refer to an aggravated level of negligence that borders on intent and that is often ground for an award of punitive damages. wan·ton·ly adv wan·ton·ness n ...
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 ...
Tonnage
Tonnage, the estimated number of tons burden that a ship will carry; as to measurement, see ss. 77 to 78 and Sch. II. of the (English) Merchant Shipping Act, 1894, and ss. 54, 55 of the (English) Merchant Shipping Act, 1906 (Chitty's Statutes, tit. 'Shipping').The capacity of a vessel for carrying freight or other loads, calculated in tons, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 1496...
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