affreightment
Britishnoun
Etymology
Origin of affreightment
C19: from French affréter to charter a ship, from fret freight
Example Sentences
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The most important example of illegality in the case of contracts of affreightment is when the contract involves trading with an enemy.
From The Project Gutenberg Encyclopedia Volume 1 of 28 by Project Gutenberg
The law with regard to the contract of affreightment is, of course, a branch of the general law of contract.
From The Project Gutenberg Encyclopedia Volume 1 of 28 by Project Gutenberg
I said, upon the business of the apportioning the affreightment of the Saracen's Head.
From Idonia: A Romance of Old London by Arthur F. Wallis
The Court thereupon proceeded to hold that admiralty had jurisdiction in personam as well as in rem, over controversies arising out of contracts of affreightment between New York and Providence.
From The Constitution of the United States of America: Analysis and Interpretation Annotations of Cases Decided by the Supreme Court of the United States to June 30, 1952 by Edward Samuel Corwin
It was contended by this justice that "his contract of affreightment could not be fulfilled" in any event, and he should have been aware of this fact.
From Neutral Rights and Obligations in the Anglo-Boer War by Robert Granville Campbell
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