Handbook of Admiralty Law

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West Publishing Company, 1920 - 572 páginas

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Canal Tolls
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Section Page 57 Towage Service Defined 124125
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5859 Responsibility as Between Tug and Tow 125129
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Degree of Care Required of Tug 129130
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For Whose Acts Tug or Tow Liable
131
CHAPTER VI
132
Salvage DefinedElements of Service 134141
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The AwardAmount in General
142
Incidents of the Service 146149
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Salvage Contracts 149150
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Salvage Apportionment 150151
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Salvage Chargeable as between Ship and Cargo 152153
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CHAPTER VII
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of Affreightment 156157
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Entirety of Affreightment Contract
158
Apportionment of Freight 159160
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7778 Ship as Common Carrier 160161
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Bill of LadingMaking and Form in General 161162
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Negotiability 162163
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Exceptions in General 163164
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Exception of Perils of the Sea 165166
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Charter Parties Defined 166168
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Construction of Charter Parties 168171
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Conditions Implied in Charter Parties of Sea worthiness and against Deviation 171173
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Cancellation Clause in Charter Parties 174175
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Loading Under Charter Parties 175176
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Execution of Necessary Documents under Charter Parties 177178
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Cesser Clause in Charter Parties 178179
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CHAPTER IX
195
Torts may be Marine though Primal Cause on Land 201202
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Personal Torts Arising from Relation of Passen
209
CHAPTER X
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Section Page 111 The English Doctrine as to Survival in Admiralty
227
The American Doctrine as to Survival in Admir altyIndependent of Statute 228230
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Under State Statutes 230236
230
Under Congressional Statutes 236241
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The Law Governing 242243
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Effect of Contributory Negligence 243244
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Construction of Particular Statutes
244
CHAPTER XI
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Preliminary Definitions 250251
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Distinctive Lights Prescribed for Different Vessels 251258
251
Sound Signals in Obscured Weather 258261
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Speed in Obscured Weather 262264
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Precautions when Approaching Fog Bank
265
CHAPTER XII
268
Sail Vessels 270273
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SteamersThe PortHelm Rule 273277
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The Crossing Rule 277278
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Steam and Sail 278281
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Privileged Vessels 281283
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Crossing Ahead
283
The Stop and Back Rule 284286
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Overtaking Vessels 286287
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CHAPTER XIII
288
Privity or Knowledge of Owner 357364
357
The Voyage as the Unit 364365
364
Extent of Liability of Part Owners
365
Prior Liens 366368
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Damages Recovered from Other Vessel 369371
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Freight
371
Salvage and Insurance 372373
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ProcedureTime for Taking Advantage of Statute 373374
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Defense to Suit against Owner or Independent Proceeding 374375
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Method of Distribution
375
CHAPTER XVII
376
176177 Contract Liens in General
377
Seamens Wages 378380
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Salvage 380382
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Materials Supplies Advances Towage Pilot age and General Average 382384
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Bottomry 384386
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Nonmaritime Liens and Titles
386
Tort Liens 387391
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Relative Rank as Affected by Date of Vesting Among Liens of Same Character 391393
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Among Liens of Different Character 393394
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Between Contract and Tort Liens
394
Relative Rank as Affected by Suit or Decree 397398
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CHAPTER XVIII
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Proceedings in Rem and in Personam 400403
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The Admiralty Rules of Practice
403
Section Page 193 Amendments
405
The Process 403
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Decrees by Default 408409
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The Defense 409410
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The Trial 410411
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Evidence
411
Attachments in Admiralty
412
Limitations
413
Costs
414
The FiftyNinth Rule
415
HUGHES ADM 2D ED
417
The Process of Appeal
418
Questions of Fact on Appeal 419420
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New Evidence 420422
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APPENDIX
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The Mariners Compass
424
The Salvage Act of August 1 1912 425426
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1 The International Rules 426445
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2 The Rules for Coast and Connecting Inland Waters 445461
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3 Lines between International and Inland Rules 462468
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4 The Lake Rules 468479
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5 The Mississippi Valley Rules 479488
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6 The Act of March 3 1899 as to Obstructing Chan nels 489493
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7 The StandBy Act of September 4 1890 493494
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1 The Act of March 3 1851 as Amended 494496
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2 The Act of June 26 1884
497
Statutes Regulating Evidence in the Federal Courts 498504
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The Handwriting Act of February 26 1913
504
Suits in Forma Pauperis
505
Certain Admiralty Suits against the United States 506511
506
The Admiralty Rules of Practice 511531
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Página 436 - When a vessel is in distress and requires assistance from other vessels or from the shore the following shall be the signals to be used or displayed by her, either together or separately, namely : In the daytime: First. A gun or other explosive signal fired at intervals of about a minute. Second. The international code signal of distress indicated by NC Third.
Página 444 - Nothing in these rules shall interfere with the operation of any special rules made by the government of any nation with respect to additional station and signal lights for two or more ships of war or for vessels sailing under convoy...
Página 468 - When two steam- vessels are meeting end on, or nearly end on, so as to involve risk of collision, each shall alter her course to starboard, so that each may pass on the port side of the other.
Página 353 - ... the amount or value of the interest of such owner in such vessel and her freight then pending.
Página 419 - ... points of the compass, so fixed as to throw the light from right ahead to two points abaft the beam on...
Página 417 - That in every case of collision between two vessels it shall be the duty of the master or person in charge of each vessel, if and so far as he can do so without serious danger to his own vessel, crew, and passengers...
Página 419 - ... points abaft the beam on the starboard side, and of such a character as to be visible at a distance of at least two miles.
Página 435 - In obeying and construing these rules due regard shall be had to all dangers of navigation and collision, and to any special circumstances which may render a departure from the above rules necessary in order to avoid immediate danger.
Página 429 - A vessel under one hundred and fifty feet in length, when at anchor, shall carry forward, where it can best be seen, but at a height not exceeding twenty feet above the hull, a white light in a lantern so constructed as to show a clear, uniform, and unbroken light visible all round the horizon at a distance of at least one mile.
Página 447 - ... so in doubt shall immediately signify the same by giving several short and rapid blasts, not less than four, of the steam whistle.

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