Lay Days
Defined in 7 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Ballentine's (1916), Bouvier (1914), Black's (1910), Black's (1891), Stimson (1881), Abbott (1879)
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
In maritime law. The time allowed to the master of a vessel for loading and unloading the same. In the absence of any custom to the contrary, Sundays are to be computed in the calculation of lay days at the port of discharge. 10 Mees. & W. 331. See 3 Esp. 121. See "Demurrage."
Ballentine's Law Dictionary
James A. Ballentine · 1916
Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia
John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914
The time allowed to the master of a vessel for loading and unloading the same. In the absence of any custom to the contrary, Sundays are to be computed in the calculation of lay days at the port of discharge; 10 M. & W. 331. See 3 Esp. 121; 3 Kent 202; 2 Steph. Com. 141; Rubens v. Steamship Co., 65 Hun 625, 20 N. Y. Supp. 481. See Demurrage. cal tenure of frankalmoign, by which an ecclesiastical corporation held of the donor. The tenure of frankalmoign is reserved by stat. 12 Car. II., which abolished military tenures. 1 Bla. Com. 101. LAY tlMPROPRIATOR. Lay rector, to whom the greater tithes are reserved, the lesser going to the vicar. 1 Bum, Eccl. Law 75, 76.
Black's Law Dictionary
Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
In the law of shipping. Days allowed in charter-parties for loading and unloading the cargo. 3 Kent, Comm. 202, 203.
Defined under Lay in Black's Law Dictionary.
A Dictionary of Law
Henry Campbell Black · 1891
In the law of shipping. Days allowed in charter-parties for loading and unloading the cargo. 8 Kent, Comm, 202, 203,
Glossary of Technical Terms, Phrases, and Maxims of the Common Law
Frederic Jesup Stimson · 1881
Days allowed loading. Le, The. Lesquel: sense. de. t. Fortescue. Agrarian, Brehon, Canon, Civil, Consolato del Mare, Crown, Ecclesi-
Dictionary of Terms and Phrases Used in American or English Jurisprudence
Benjamin Vaughan Abbott · 1879
A specified number of days, usually allowed by stipulation, in a chartei'-party, for loading and unloading the cargo. 3 Kent Com. 202. They are also called running days. 2 Steph. Com. 141.