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SEA LETTER [3 records]

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Record 1 2011-08-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Air Pollution
DEF

In air pollution, a condition of reduced visibility due to the presence of dust, smoke, or haze in the air; it is not a true fog and it is not composed of water vapour.

CONT

These are not descriptions of a stratospheric aerosol layer nor are they descriptions of a fog composed of water vapour. A letter from Germany,... suggests that the fog was composed of acid gases at sufficient concentrations to damage trees :... The thick dry fog that has so long prevailed seems to have spread over the whole surface of Europe; several mariners have also observed it at sea; in the day time it veils the sun and towards evening it has an infectious smell; in some places it withers the leaves, and almost all the trees on the borders of the Ems have been stripped of theirs in one night. "[The Ipswich Journal. Saturday August 9th 1783].

OBS

This term has a different meaning in meteorology.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Pollution de l'air
CONT

Le «brouillard sec» qui, en 1783, couvrit pendant trois mois toute l'Europe provenait d'une éruption volcanique en Islande. En 1883, la grande éruption du Krakatoa, volcan d'Indonésie, et, en 1903, celle du mont Katmai en Alaska, donnèrent naissance à des nuages de cendres qui furent perceptibles en différentes parties du monde.

Spanish

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Record 2 2009-10-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • Maritime Law
  • International Public Law
DEF

The papers or documents required for the manifestation of the ownership and national character of a vessel and cargo and to show its compliance with the various laws of the country to which it belongs. They include : certificate of registry, register, clearance certificate, manifest, license, sea letter,... [etc. ]

OBS

The expression "ship’s documents" is not in usage amongst mariners or government officials.

OBS

Term usually used in plural in this context.

Key term(s)
  • ship's documents
  • ship's document
  • ship's paper

French

Domaine(s)
  • Droit maritime
  • Droit international public
CONT

Absence de papiers de bord. Vous capturerez tout navire à bord duquel manqueraient un ou plusieurs des documents nécessaires pour établir la nationalité du navire, son itinéraire, la nature et la destination du chargement, la composition de l'équipage et l'identité des passagers.

OBS

Terme habituellement utilisé au pluriel dans ce contexte.

Key term(s)
  • papier de bord

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Derecho marítimo
  • Derecho internacional público
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Record 3 1976-06-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Postal Correspondence
DEF

A letter mailed on a vessel while at sea.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Objets de correspondance (Postes)

Spanish

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