affreightment
Defined in 9 dictionaries — Case Law, Cyclopedic (1922), Ballentine's (1916), Bouvier (1914), Black's (1910), Kinney (1893), Black's (1891), Anderson (1889), Burrill (1850)
Definitions from Case Law
From 78 U.S. 591 - Reed v. United States · 1870Most cited · 158 citing opinions
where the general owner retains the possession, command, and navigation of the ship and contracts for a specified voyage, as, for example, to carry a cargo from one port to another, the arrangement in contemplation of law is a mere affreightment sounding in contract and not a demise of the vessel, and the charterer of freighter is not clothed with the character or legal responsibility of ownership.
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
The contract by which a vessel, or the use of it, is let out to hira carucae, beasts of the plow. Reg. Orig. 150a; St. Westminster II. c. 18; Spelman. Affri carectae, beasts of the cart. Fleta, lib. 2, c. 85.
Ballentine's Law Dictionary
James A. Ballentine · 1916
Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia
John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914
The contract by which a vessel, or the use of it, is let out to hire. See Freight; General Ship.
Black's Law Dictionary
Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
A Law Dictionary and Glossary
George C. Kinney · 1893
The freighting or affreighting of a ship; the hiring and letting to hire of a ship for the carriage of goods on a certain voyage for a stipulated. compensation.
A Dictionary of Law
Henry Campbell Black · 1891
A contract of affreightment is a contract with a ship-owner to hire his ship, or part of it, for the carriage of goods. Such a contract generally takes the form either of a charter-party or of a bill of lading. Maude & P. Mer. Shipp. 227; Smith, Merc. Law. 295. In French law, freighting and affreighting are distinguished. The owner of a ship freights it, (le frete;) he is called the freighter, (freteur;) he is the letter or lessor, (locateur, locator.) The merchant affreights (affrete) the ship, and is called the affreighter, (affreteur;) he is the hirer, (locataire, conductor.) Emerig. Tr. des Ass. c. 11, § 3.
A Dictionary of Law
William C. Anderson · 1889
See Freight.
A New Law Dictionary and Glossary
Alexander M. Burrill · 1850
[L. Lat. affrectamentum, q. v.] In maritime law. The freighting or affreighting of a ship; that is, the hiring and letting to hire of a vessel for the conveyance of goods on a certain voyage, at a stipulated price or freight.* A charter party is called a contract of affreightment. 3 Kent's Com. 201. Smith's Merc. Law, 172. See Charter party, Freight.