Category: Maritime Law

  • Deodand

    Deodand History Deodand (Lat. Deo dandum, that which is to be given to God), in English law, was a personal chattel (any animal or thing) which, on account of its having caused the death of a human being, was forfeited to the king for pious uses. Blackstone, while tracing in the custom an […]

  • Navigation Act

    Navigation Act, 1651 The members of the Rump (Parliment), still the nominal rulers of England, finding opportunity for profit in the sale of royalist lands and in the administration of finance, had exasperated Cromwell by their maladministration and neglect of the public welfare. The […]

  • Barratry

    Definition of Barratry In accordance with the work A Dictionary of Law, this is a description of Barratry : 1. Any act committed wilfully by the master or crew of a ship to the detriment of its owner or charterer. Examples include scuttling the ship and embezzling the cargo. Illegal […]

  • Abandonment or cargo

    Abandonment or cargo in the Business Encyclopaedia and Legal Adviser Based on the Business Encyclopaedia and Legal Adviser , by W.S.M. Knight, Barrister –at – Law. Abandonment of cargo or ship is a term used in marine In the case of constructive loss of the subject of the insurance—i.e. […]