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Dangers of the sea
Dangers of the seaMaritim law. This phrase is sometimes put in bills of lading, the master of the ship agreeing to deliver the goods therein mentioned to the consignee, who is named, the dangers of the sea excepted. RELATED TERMS-------------------------------------- Law A rule or body of rules of conduct inherent in human nature and essential to or binding upon human society. The learned profession that is mastered by graduate study in a law school and that is responsible for the judicial system. Master "This word has several meanings. 1) Master is one who has control over a servant or apprentice. A master stands in relation to his apprentices, in loco parentis, and is bound to fulfil that relation, which the law generally enforces. He is also entitled to be obeyed by his apprentices, as if they were his children. 2) Master is one who is employed in teaching children, known generally as a schoolmaster; as to his powers 3) Master is the name of an officer: as, the ship Benjamin Franklin, whereof A B is master; the master of the rolls; master in chancery, &c .4) By master is also understood a principal who employs another to perform some act or do something for him. The law having adopted the maxim of the civil law, qui facit per alium facit per se; the agent is but an instrument, and the master is civilly responsible for the act of his agent, as if it were his own, when he either commands him to do an act, or puts him in a condition, of which such act is a result, or by the absence of due care and control, either previously in the choice of his agent, or immediately in the act itself, negligently suffers him to do an injury. Ship This word, in its most enlarged sense, signifies a vessel employed in navigation; for example, the terms the ship's papers, the ship's hushand, shipwreck, and the like, are employed whether the vessel referred to be a brig, a sloop, or a three-masted vessel. Consignee The party to whom delivery of the goods is to be made under a contract for the carriage of goods by water. SIMILAR TERMS-------------------------------------- Danger In the law of self defense "apparent danger" means such overt, actual demonstration, by conduct and acts, of a design to take life or to do some great personal injury, as makes killing apparently necessary for self-preservation. PREVIOUS AND NEXT TERMS-------------------------------------- Damnum Latin. That which is taken away: loss: damage; legal hurt or harm. Plural, damna; legal losses. Damnificatus, injured, damaged, damnified. Damnosa, hurtful. Damnum absque injuria A loss or damage without injury. Damnum fatale Civil law. Damages caused by a fortuitous event, or inevitable accident; damages arising from the act of God. Dane-lage English law. That system of laws which was maintained in England while the Danes had possession of the country. Danger In the law of self defense "apparent danger" means such overt, actual demonstration, by conduct and acts, of a design to take life or to do some great personal injury, as makes killing apparently necessary for self-preservation. Dangers of the sea Dare Latin. To give; to transfer. Darrein corruption of the French word "dernier," the last. Darrein seisin The name of a plea to a writ of entry or a writ of right. Data protection Under the Data Protection Act 1984, those holding personal data on computer (where the data relates to identifiable individuals) must observe certain principles in how the data is held and in respect of the collection, holding, disclosure, use and granting of access to that data. In particular they must register with the Data Protection Agency. Date Latin datum, a thing given. The primary signification is time "given" or specified, - in some way ascertained and fixed. In the ancient form the clause ran: datum apud, etc., specifying the place and time; thence called the datum clause, afterward shortened to "date". We thank you for using the Juridical Dictionary to search for Dangers of the sea. If you have a better definition for Dangers of the sea than the one presented here, please let us know by making use of the suggest a term option. This definition of Dangers of the sea may be disputed by other professionals. Our attempt is to provide easy definitions on Dangers of the sea and any other medical topic for the public at large.
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