A Treatise of the Law Relative to Merchant Ships and Seamen: In Six Parts ...W.G. Benning & Company, 1854 - 557 pages |
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... proceeding be presumed to be duly earning his wages , unless the contrary be shown by evidence of the description mentioned in the Act , or other evidence satisfactory , in its absolute discretion , to the Court . But a wife who deserts ...
... proceeding be presumed to be duly earning his wages , unless the contrary be shown by evidence of the description mentioned in the Act , or other evidence satisfactory , in its absolute discretion , to the Court . But a wife who deserts ...
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... proceeding in one direc- tion , meets another ship , whether a steam or sailing ship , proceeding in another direction , so that if both ships were to continue their respective courses they would pass so near as to involve any risk of ...
... proceeding in one direc- tion , meets another ship , whether a steam or sailing ship , proceeding in another direction , so that if both ships were to continue their respective courses they would pass so near as to involve any risk of ...
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... proceedings ( s . 524. ) . Documents which the Act requires to be attested , may be proved by persons who have knowledge of the requisite facts , without calling the attesting witness ( s . 526. ) . PART XI . MISCELLANEOUS . THE ...
... proceedings ( s . 524. ) . Documents which the Act requires to be attested , may be proved by persons who have knowledge of the requisite facts , without calling the attesting witness ( s . 526. ) . PART XI . MISCELLANEOUS . THE ...
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... proceeding if detaining Party abscond . 52. Penalty for using improper Certificate . 53. Certificate of Ship lost or ceasing to be British to be delivered up . 54. Provisional Certificate for Ship becoming vested in British Owners at ...
... proceeding if detaining Party abscond . 52. Penalty for using improper Certificate . 53. Certificate of Ship lost or ceasing to be British to be delivered up . 54. Provisional Certificate for Ship becoming vested in British Owners at ...
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... Proceedings of Naval Courts . 266. Penalty for preventing Complaint or obstructing Investigation . Crimes committed on the High Seas and Abroad . 267. Offences committed by British Seamen at Sea or in Foreign Ports to be within ...
... Proceedings of Naval Courts . 266. Penalty for preventing Complaint or obstructing Investigation . Crimes committed on the High Seas and Abroad . 267. Offences committed by British Seamen at Sea or in Foreign Ports to be within ...
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14 Vict 9 Vict Admiralty aforesaid agreement amount Application appointed Board of Trade bowsprit British possession British ship buoys cargo certificate of registry charge commissioners consignee Court of Session crew damage declaration deemed default deliver direct discharge duly engaged entitled entry expenses fees foreign foreign-going ship granted herein-before required incur a penalty indorsed jurisdiction justices liability licensed light dues lighthouse authorities Majesty Majesty's dominions Majesty's ships manner marine board master or mate master or owner Merchant Shipping offence incur officer of customs official log book paid payable payment penalty not exceeding person pilotage authority port of registry proceeding provisions purpose qualified pilot receiver register book registrar respect salvage Scotland seaman or apprentice seamen share therein ship or boat ship or share shipping master steam ship Steamers thereof thereto thereupon thinks fit tonnage deck Trinity House United Kingdom voyage wages wreck
Popular passages
Page 37 - ... area (except the first and last) by two ; add these products together, and to the sum add the first and last if they yield anything; multiply the quantity thus obtained by one-third of the common interval between the areas, and the product will be the cubical contents of the space under the tonnage deck...
Page 98 - Kingdom shall be paid into the receipt of Her Majesty's exchequer in such manner as the treasury may direct, and shall be carried to and form part of the consolidated fund of the United Kingdom...
Page 159 - England in manner directed by an Act passed in the Session holden in the Eleventh and Twelfth Years of the Reign of Her Majesty Queen Victoria, Chapter Forty-three intituled An Act to facilitate the Performance of the Duties of Justices of the Peace out of Sessions within England and Wales with respect to Summary Convictions and Orders...
Page 103 - ... conviction, without proof of the signature or official character of the person appearing to have signed the same.
Page 95 - Whenever any seaman who has been lawfully engaged or any apprentice to the sea service commits any of the following offenses, he shall be punished as follows : " First. For desertion, by forfeiture of all or any part of the clothes or effects he leaves on board and of all or any part of the wages or emoluments which he has then earned.
Page 37 - No. at the extreme limit of the length at the stern ; then, whether the length be divided according to the table into...
Page 74 - ... which such deductions are made, with the amounts of the respective deductions, as they occur, in a book to be kept for that purpose, and shall, if required, produce such book at the time of the payment of wages, and also upon the hearing before any competent authority of any complaint or question relating to such payments.
Page 117 - In every case of collision in which it is practicable so to do, the master shall, immediately after the occurrence, cause a statement thereof, and of the circumstances under which the same occurred, to be entered in the official log-book.
Page 110 - In narrow channels every steam vessel shall, when it is safe and practicable, keep to that side of the fairway or mid-channel which lies on the starboard side of such vessel.
Page 50 - Insolvency of any registered owner, or in consequence of the marriage of any female registered owner, or by any lawful means other than by a transfer according to the provisions of this Act, such transmission shall be authenticated by a declaration of the person to whom such property has been transmitted, made in the form marked H.