Transport - Law Dictionary Search Results
commerce
exchange or buying and selling of goods, commodities, property, or services esp. on a large scale and involving transportation from place to place : trade see also commerce clause Fair Labor Standards Act in the Important Laws
certificate of convenience and necessity
issued by an agency granting a company authority to operate a public service esp. as a utility or transportation company
carrier
carrier 1 : an individual or entity engaged in transporting passengers or goods for hire by land, water, or air ;specif : common carrier 2 : an insurer
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binding
the parties] 2 : requiring submission to a specified authority [the suppression order was on the Department of Transportation "National Law Journal"]
air right
be sold or leased for development purposes [make use of the air rights above the Terminal "Penn Central Transportation Co. v. City of New York, 438 U.S. 104 (1978)"]
vessel
In order to be a vessel, for purposes of the Jones Act, the structure's purpose must be the transportation of passengers, cargo or equipment from place to place across navigable waters. Source: FindLaw
Boatable
Such as can be transported in a boat
Haulabout
A bargelike vessel with steel hull large hatchways and coal transporters for coaling war vessels from its own hold or from other colliers
Deportation
The act of deporting or exiling or the state of being deported banishment transportation
Freightage
The charge for transportation the expense of carriage
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