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

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Example Sentences

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

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.

No one may leave or board a merchantman after 8 p.m., and any one who is not on the ship's articles cannot do so even in the daytime without a special permit from the custom-house.

From The Cruise of the 'Alerte' The narrative of a search for treasure on the desert island of Trinidad by Knight, E. F. (Edward Frederick)

My stipulation was acceded to, and the ship's articles handed me to sign.

From Omoo by Melville, Herman

"Now, then," began Riggs, with pencil poised, "what's your name in the ship's articles?"

From The Devil's Admiral by Moore, Frederick Ferdinand