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ship's articles

British  

plural noun

  1. a type of contract by which sailors agree to the conditions, payment, etc, for the ship in which they are going to work

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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The Doctor signed on the ship's articles as surgeon, I as purser.

From The Red-Blooded Heroes of the Frontier by Bronson, Edgar Beecher

I want to be on the ship's articles as quartermaster, that's all—that's all.

From The Pirate Shark by Arting, Fred J.

He then told me that if I would come on board his vessel the following morning, I would find the ship's articles on the cabin transom.

From Omoo by Melville, Herman

Whatever the captain does is right, ipso facto, and any opposition to it is wrong, on board ship; and every officer and man knows this when he signs the ship's articles.

From Two Years Before the Mast by Dana, Richard Henry

As a matter of form, it will be well for you to remind every one returning in the ship of the terms of the ship's articles.

From South with Scott by Mountevans, Edward Ratcliffe Garth Russell Evans, baron

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