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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... reason , and because the Act contains few alterations of principle , but many of an extending character in language and detail , it has been thought better , for all the purposes of practical and professional use , to place in the hands ...
... reason , and because the Act contains few alterations of principle , but many of an extending character in language and detail , it has been thought better , for all the purposes of practical and professional use , to place in the hands ...
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... reason of the death of the person by whom the power was given before its exercise or of his bankruptcy or insolvency in certain cases . ( ss . 80. 81. ) . ( 4. ) By the 8 & 9 Vict . , c . 89. s . 12. , no natural born subject who had ...
... reason of the death of the person by whom the power was given before its exercise or of his bankruptcy or insolvency in certain cases . ( ss . 80. 81. ) . ( 4. ) By the 8 & 9 Vict . , c . 89. s . 12. , no natural born subject who had ...
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... reason of infancy , lunacy , or other inability , from making or doing , may be made or done by his guardian or com- mittee ; or , if there be no guardian or committee , by any person appointed by any Court having jurisdiction in ...
... reason of infancy , lunacy , or other inability , from making or doing , may be made or done by his guardian or com- mittee ; or , if there be no guardian or committee , by any person appointed by any Court having jurisdiction in ...
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... reason to believe a report to have been unduly made ( s . 134. ) . Certificates of competency are not , as in some cases , under 13 & 14 Vict . c . 93 . s . 20. , to be granted to any officers who have not passed the examination , but ...
... reason to believe a report to have been unduly made ( s . 134. ) . Certificates of competency are not , as in some cases , under 13 & 14 Vict . c . 93 . s . 20. , to be granted to any officers who have not passed the examination , but ...
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... reasons for leaving the ship ( s . 250. ) . If , during the progress of a voyage , the master is superseded , or for any other reason quits the ship , he shall deliver to his successor the various documents re- lating to the navigation ...
... reasons for leaving the ship ( s . 250. ) . If , during the progress of a voyage , the master is superseded , or for any other reason quits the ship , he shall deliver to his successor the various documents re- lating to the navigation ...
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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 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
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Page 39 - ... 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 100 - 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 161 - 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 105 - ... conviction, without proof of the signature or official character of the person appearing to have signed the same.
Page 97 - 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 39 - No. at the extreme limit of the length at the stern ; then, whether the length be divided according to the table into...
Page 76 - ... 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 119 - 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 112 - 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 52 - 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.