The contract by which a ship is let is termed a charter party. By it the owner may either let the capacity or burden of the ship, continuing the employment of the owner’s master, crew, and equipments, or may surrender the entire ship to the charterer, who then provides them himself. The master or a part owner may be a charterer.
Cal. Civ. Code § 1959
Hiring of Personal Property
Applied in 2 court decisions — leading case 52 Cal. App. 3d 305 - Standard Fruit & Steamship Co. v. Metropolitan Stevedore Co. (1975)
Most recently applied in 228 Cal. App. 3d 1106 - Nash v. Fifth Amendment (March 1991)
Enacted 1872.
Official source: California Legislative Information. Reproduced from public-domain California statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.