Report of the ... Annual Conference, Volume 5, Part 1877W. Clowes and Sons, 1878 - International law |
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adopted Advocate amendment Antwerp Association Average Stater BAILY belligerent Berlin Bill of Exchange blockade BREDIUS Bremen Brussels Burgomaster carried Chamber of Commerce CHARLES CLARK Chief Justice Code COLFAVRU Conference contraband contraband of war Copenhagen Copyright COUDERT Council countries crew's wages damage deck cargo Declaration of Paris deduction discussion enemy's ENGELS England extradition FOLLEVILLE FRÉDÉRIC PASSY freight GLOVER Gothenburg H. H. MEIER HACH HINDE PALMER Honorary Secretary indorsers International Law jettison of deck Judge jurists late Minister Law of Nations London Lord O'HAGAN loss by jettison LOWNDES MANLEY HOPKINS Maritime meeting Member Messrs motion MOUNTAGUE BERNARD NATUSCH neutral port North German Lloyd OLIVER SMITH OTTOMAN EMPIRE patents PEBORGH port of refuge President principles Professor proposed question RAHUSEN RAND BAILEY resolution Rule VII SCHAAR SHELDON AMOS ship and cargo Shipowners Sir TRAVERS TWISS Supreme Court trade treaty tribunals Underwriters vessel Vice-Presidents votes voyage York Rules
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Page 47 - The neutral flag covers enemy's goods, with the exception of contraband of war ; 3. Neutral goods, with the exception of contraband of war, are not liable to capture under enemy's flag; 4. Blockades, in order to be binding, must be effective ; that is to say, maintained by a force sufficient really to prevent access to the coast of the enemy.
Page 70 - Safety. Damage done to a ship and cargo, or either of them, by or in consequence of a sacrifice made for the common safety, and by water which goes down a ship's hatches opened or other opening made for the purpose of making a jettison for the common safety, shall be made good as general average.
Page 93 - ... When a ship shall have entered a port or place of refuge, or shall have returned to her port or place of loading in consequence of accident, sacrifice or other extraordinary circumstances, which render that necessary for the common safety, the expenses of entering such port or place shall be admitted as general average ; and when she shall have sailed thence with her original cargo, or a part of it...
Page 24 - Nobody, however, who has paid any attention to the peculiar features of our present era, will doubt for a moment that we are living at a period of most wonderful transition, which tends rapidly to accomplish that great end to which, indeed, all history points — the realization of the unity of mankind.
Page 95 - ... and have not been allowed as general average; deduction being also made from the value of the property of all charges incurred in respect thereof subsequently to the general average act, except such charges as are allowed in general average. Passengers' luggage and personal effects not shipped under bill of lading shall not contribute in general average.
Page 96 - Rule XVII — -Contributory Values The contribution to a general average shall be made upon the actual net values of the property at the termination of the adventure...
Page 31 - Where a court of competent jurisdiction has adjudicated a certain sum to be due from one person to another, a legal obligation arises to pay that sum, on which an action of debt to enforce the judgment may be maintained.
Page 88 - No jettison of deck cargo shall be made good as general average. Every structure not built in with the frame of the vessel shall be considered to be a part of the deck of the vessel.
Page 92 - ... shall have returned to her port or place of loading in consequence of accident, sacrifice or other extraordinary circumstances which render that necessary for the common safety, the expenses of entering such port or place shall be admitted as general average: and when she shall have sailed thence with her original cargo, or a part of it, the corresponding expenses of leaving such port or place consequent upon such entry or return shall likewise be admitted as general average. When...
Page 95 - ... freight and passage money at risk, of such charges and crew's wages as would not have been incurred in earning the freight had the ship and cargo been totally lost at the date of the general average act...