ship's articles
Britishplural noun
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In his hand he held the ship's articles.
From The Blood Ship by Norman Springer
"Now, then," began Riggs, with pencil poised, "what's your name in the ship's articles?"
From The Devil's Admiral by Frederick Ferdinand Moore
I want to be on the ship's articles as quartermaster, that's all—that's all.
From The Pirate Shark by Fred J. Arting
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 Richard Henry Dana
Not the first time he had clapped eyes upon ship's articles, one could see with half an eye.
From The Blood Ship by Norman Springer
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