AFFREIGHTMENT
A contract of affreightment is a contract with a ship-owner to hire his ship, or part of it, for the carriage of goods. Such a contract generally takes the form either of
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A contract of affreightment is a contract with a ship-owner to hire his ship, or part of it, for the carriage of goods. Such a contract generally takes the form either of
A relation, created either by express or implied contract or by law, whereby one party (called the principal or constituent) delegates the transaction of some lawful business or the authority to do
In commercial law. A term used to express the difference in point of value between metallic and paper money, or between one sort of metallic money and another. McCul. Diet.
A tax upon or tribute payable out of land.
The king’s tenant prays this, when rent is demanded of him by others.
In old English law. Of kin. “Next-a-kin.” 7 Mod. 140.
A place where ale is sold to be drunk on the premises where sold.
Proper to be the subject of alienation or transfer.
Somewhat of possession, and nothing of right, (but no right.) A phrase used by Braeton to describe that kind of possession which a person might have of a thing as a guardian,
Lat Things alleged and proved. The allegations made by a party to a suit and the proof adduced in their support
In criminal procedure, when a prisoner is convicted on a trial for treason or felony, the court is bound to demand of him what he has to say as to why the
A nation which has entered into an alliance with another nation. 1 Kent, Comm. 69. A citizen or subject of one of two or more allied nations.
A usage among diplomatists by which the rank and places of different powers, who have the same right and pretensions to precedence, are changed from time to time, either in a certain
In old English law. A measure of four bushels.
To improve; to make better by change or modification. See ALTER.
The child of a brother or sister; a cousin; one who has the same grandfather, but different father and mother. Calvin.
An ancient punishment for a blow given in a superior court; or for assaulting a judge sitting in the court
A measure containing ten gallons.
A strong passion of the mind excited by real or supposed injuries; not synonymous with “heat of passion,” “malice.” or “rage or resentment,” because these are all terms of wider import and
The intention of destroying or canceling, (applied to wills.)