affreightment
Britishnoun
Etymology
Origin of affreightment
C19: from French affréter to charter a ship, from fret freight
Example Sentences
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I said, upon the business of the apportioning the affreightment of the Saracen's Head.
From Idonia: A Romance of Old London by Wallis, Arthur F.
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
Charter-party, ch�rt′ėr-p�r′ti, n. the common written form in which the contract of affreightment is expressed—viz. the hiring of the whole or part of a ship for the conveyance of goods.
From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 1 of 4: A-D) by Various
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
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 Campbell, Robert Granville
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