39. Discharge before Superintendent

Terms defined in this Act

• master

  master

  Defined · s 2

  “master” includes every person, except a pilot, having command or charge of any ship;

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• owner

  owner

  Defined · s 261

  “owner”, used in relation to goods, means every person who is for the time being entitled, either as owner or agent for the owner, to the possession of the goods, subject in the case of a lien, if any, to that lien;

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• seaman

  seaman

  Defined · s 2

  “seaman” includes every person, except a master or pilot, employed or engaged in any capacity as part of the crew on board any ship;

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• ship

  ship

  Defined · s 2

  “ship” includes every description of vessel used in navigation not propelled by oars;

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• Superintendent

  Superintendent

  Defined · s 2

  “Superintendent” means the Superintendent of the Mercantile Marine Office referred to in section 26 and includes any deputy superintendent appointed under that section, or, if the context so requires, any superintendent appointed under the Merchant Shipping Acts;

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• voyage

  voyage

  Defined · s 2

  “voyage” means the whole time and the whole distance between the ship’s port or place of departure and her final port or place of arrival;

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