ship's articles
Britishplural noun
Example Sentences
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It was a rule on all pirate vessels for the surgeon to be excused from signing the ship's articles.
From The Pirates' Who's Who Giving Particulars Of The Lives and Deaths Of The Pirates And Buccaneers by Gosse, Philip
As a matter of form, it will be well for you to remind every one returning in the ship of the terms of the ship's articles.
From South with Scott by Mountevans, Edward Ratcliffe Garth Russell Evans, baron
The Doctor signed on the ship's articles as surgeon, I as purser.
From The Red-Blooded Heroes of the Frontier by Bronson, Edgar Beecher
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)
"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
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