ship's articles
Britishplural noun
Example Sentences
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After years at sea McNeish knew his naval law, and he was convinced that Endurance’s Ship’s Articles were canceled.
From Literature
Paper in hand, in a quiet, steady voice, he read the Ship’s Articles, which each man had signed before leaving England.
From Literature
The Ship’s Articles had not been terminated, and neither had the crew’s pay.
From Literature
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 Project Gutenberg
A little mob of us, all strangers, shuffled after the Skipper’s spry heels that morning to the Board of Trade offices, where an official mumbled over the ship’s articles, to our shut ears, and we signed where we were told.
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