Vessel

Vessel definition:
Watercraft or other artificial contrivance used, or capable of being used, as a means of transportation on water.
Related Terms: Ship, Vehicle
The US Code, Title 1, Chapter 1, ¶3, defines a vessel as: ...

Vessel manifest: the international carrier is obligated to make declarations of the ship's crew and contents at both the port of departure and arrival. The vessel manifest lists various details about each shipment by b/l number.

F.A.S. VESSEL - (Free alongside steamer.) Seller owns goods until they are delivered alongside vessel; selling price includes all costs so far plus cost of transportation to dock.

Vessel Not Under Command
for purposes of the International Regulations for Preventing Collisions at Sea (COLREGS) this term means a vessel that for exceptional reasons is unable to maneuver out of the way of another vessel, ...

VESSEL, mar. law. A ship, brig, sloop or other craft used in navigation . 1 Boul. Paty, tit. 1, p. 100 . See sup.

A vessel must be furnished with ordinary mooring devices. The wharf owner owes a duty of reasonable care in maintaining the fastenings for a vessel, including the duty of inspecting the line securing the vessel.

Every vessel of war of a belligerent party may claim the return of the wounded, sick or shipwrecked who are on board military hospitalships, hospital-ships of aid societies or of private individuals, merchant ships, yachts or other craft, ...

price of redemption demanded by the captor of a person, vessel, or city. In ancient times cities frequently paid ransom to prevent their plundering by captors. The custom of ransoming was formerly sanctioned by law.

Because sunken treasure has generally been lost for hundreds of years, while the original owner (or insurer, if the vessel was insured) continues to have an interest in it, ...

Crewman - A foreign national serving in a capacity required for normal operations and service on board a vessel or aircraft. Crewmen are admitted for twenty-nine days, with no extensions.

It is a legal aunthority of the governemnet that a property or even a navigable vessel like a ship is unsafe for staying or using for any other purpose because of its construction defects and therefore should be vacated.

hanaperium, a large vase; a vessel to keep cups in; hanapus, a cup, bowl. Whence the word hamper.

RANSOM
contracts, war. An agreement made between the commander of a capturing vessel with the commander of a vanquished vessel, at sea, by which the former permits... more ...

Comparative Fault: A rule in admiralty law where each vessel involved in a collision is required to pay a share of the total damages in proportion to its percentage of fault.

a mortgage contract in which a ship and/or its freight is pledged as security for a loan for equipment, repair, or use of a vessel. The contract is generally called a "bottomry bond.

stowaway An alien coming to the United States surreptitiously on an airplane or vessel without legal status of admission. Such an alien is subject to denial of formal admission and return to the point of ...

Stroke: Damage to a part of the brain when its blood supply is suddenly reduced or stopped. This stoppage in blood flow can occur as the result of a blood vessel becoming blocked or bursting inside the brain.

admiralty law Law pertaining to maritime contracts, collisions, and torts involving American vessels on the high seas or navigable lakes and rivers.

in vitro : In glass; a laboratory experiment performed in a test tube or other vessel.
in vivo : With in a living organism; a laboratory experiment performed in which the substance under study is inserted into a living organism.

b : essential goods or services furnished to a vessel whose supplier may be entitled to a maritime lien ...

See also: Law, Were, Will, Person, Lawyer