Merchant Shipping Acts
Defined in 3 dictionaries — Bouvier (1914), Black's (1910), Black's (1891)
Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia
John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914
Certain English statutes, beginning with the 16 & 17 Viet. c. 131, whereby a general superintendence of merchant shipping is vested in the board of trade. Provisions are made for the registration, etc., of merchant ships, the discipline and protection of seamen, the regulation of pilotage, etc.
Black's Law Dictionary
Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
Certain English statutes, beginning with the St. 16 & 17 Viet. c. 131, whereby a general superintendence of merchant shipping is vested in the board of trade
Defined under Merchant in Black's Law Dictionary.
A Dictionary of Law
Henry Campbell Black · 1891
Certain English statutes, beginning with the St. 16 & 17 Viet. c. 131, whereby a generai superintendence of merchant shipping is vested in the board of trade.