{"id":11133,"date":"2017-12-19T07:00:58","date_gmt":"2017-12-19T07:00:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/reunitethestates.org\/?page_id=11133"},"modified":"2017-12-19T07:00:58","modified_gmt":"2017-12-19T07:00:58","slug":"demurrage-lien-the-lien-of-a-carrier-by-ship-or-rail-upon-a-shipment-for-unpaid-demurrage-delay-in-shipping-charges","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/reunitethestates.org\/?page_id=11133","title":{"rendered":"Demurrage Lien – the lien of a carrier by ship or rail upon a shipment for unpaid demurrage (delay in shipping) charges"},"content":{"rendered":"

demurrage<\/span>:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

1. A sum of money due by way of compensation<\/a> for the loss of earnings of a vessel by an improper delay or detention of the vessel.\u00a0 48 Am J1st Ship \u00a7 606<\/span>.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

A word derived from the maritime law but applied to railroad cars, meaning, in this respect, the charges imposed by a carrier by rail for the detention of the cars beyond the time reasonably required for the loading or unloading thereof.\u00a0 13 Am J2d Car \u00a7 480<\/span>.<\/strong> [1]<\/span><\/p>\n

demurrage lien<\/span>:<\/span>
\n<\/strong>(1918)<\/span><\/p>\n

1. A carrier\u2019s lien on goods for any unpaid demurrage charges.<\/strong> [2]<\/span><\/p>\n

1. The lien of a carrier by rail upon a shipment for unpaid demurrage charges.\u00a0 13 Am J2d Carriers \u00a7 501<\/span>. <\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

The lien of a shipowner upon cargo for demurrage charges unpaid, enforceable in admiralty by an action in rem.\u00a0 48 Am J1st Ship \u00a7 615<\/span>.<\/strong> [1]<\/span><\/p>\n

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[1]: Ballantine\u2019s Law <\/a>Dictionary\u00a0<\/b><\/a>with<\/b><\/a><\/em> Pronunciations<\/b><\/a><\/em>
\n<\/a><\/em><\/a>Third Edition<\/a>\u00a0by James A. Ballantine\u00a0(James Arthur 1871-1949).\u00a0\u00a0<\/em>Edited by William S. Anderson.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a9 1969 by THE LAWYER\u2019S CO-OPERATIVE PUBLISHING COMPANY.\u00a0 Library of Congress Catalog Card No. 68-30931<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

[2]: Black\u2019s Law <\/a><\/span><\/strong>Dictionary\u00a0<\/b><\/span><\/a><\/strong>Deluxe<\/b><\/span><\/a><\/em> Tenth<\/b><\/span><\/a><\/em> Edition<\/b><\/span><\/a><\/em>\u00a0<\/span><\/strong>by<\/b><\/span><\/strong> Henry Campbell Black, Editor in Chief Bryan A. Garner. ISBN: 978-0-314-61300-4<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

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