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ROSCOE [2 records]

Record 1 2026-01-08

English

Subject field(s)
  • Maritime Law
CONT

This Act, which must be regarded as the actual beginning of the modern rule as to the limitation of shipowners’ liability, referred only to British-owned vessels, and the limit of liability was the value of the ship and the freight which she was earning or was under contract to earn.(Roscoe, Admiralty Jurisdiction and Practice of the High Court of Justice, 1931, p. 232).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Droit maritime

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Derecho marítimo
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Record 2 2011-07-05

English

Subject field(s)
  • Chemistry
  • Food Additives
  • Pharmacology
DEF

A thick, yellowish essential oil, soluble in most organic solvents and insoluble in water; distilled from dried ginger; main components are citral, borneol, and phellandrene; used as flavoring in liqueurs and soft drinks.

CONT

Oil of ginger [is a] volatile oil from the rhizome Zingiber officinale Roscoe, Zingiberaceae [which contains] l-zingiberene, d-camphene [and] cineol...

Key term(s)
  • ginger root extract
  • ginger extract

French

Domaine(s)
  • Chimie
  • Additifs alimentaires
  • Pharmacologie
DEF

Liquide épais jaune verdâtre à odeur caractéristique et saveur brûlante extrait des tubercules de Zingiber officinale Roscoe, renfermant du d-camphène, du ß-phellandrène, du cinéol, du citral, du bornéol, du géraniol et de l'aldéhydre décyclique.

OBS

L'essence de gingembre est utilisée comme aromatisant de liqueurs, comme stimulant digestif, et elle entre dans la composition de parfums et de cosmétiques.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Química
  • Aditivos alimentarios
  • Farmacología
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