A written document signed by the consignees of a cargo, binding themselves to pay a certain proportion of general average that may from accident arise against them.
·noun The language, oral or written, embodying reciprocal promises. II. Agreement ·noun Concord or ...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
Except vessels of less than eighty tons register, the master of a ship must enter into an agreement ...
The Sailor's Word-Book
·noun A tariff or duty on goods, ·etc. II. Average ·vt To do, accomplish, get, ·etc., on an average...
the breaking of corn fields, edish, roughings. N. ...
A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose
Whether general or particular, is a term of ambiguous construction, meaning the damage incurred for ...
·add. ·- An agreement binding only as a matter of honor; often, specif., such an agreement among the...
In the case of foreign-going ships making voyages averaging less than six months in duration, runnin...
A qualified person engaged in making statements to show the proper application of loss, damage, or e...
See average-adjuster. ...
A claim made upon the owners of a ship and her cargo, when the property of one or more has been sacr...
Small charges borne partly by a ship, and partly by a cargo, such as expenses of towing, &c. ...
·add. ·- ·Alt. of Hire and purchase agreement. ...
·add. ·- A contract (more fully called contract of hire with an option of purchase) in which a perso...