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SEA PERIL [4 records]

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Alphabetical list of terms

Record 1 2021-02-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Risks and Threats (Security)
  • Transportation Insurance
  • Water Transport
  • Maritime Law
CONT

Peril of the sea refers to extraordinary forces of nature that maritime ventures might encounter in the course of a voyage. Some examples of these perils include stranding, sinking, collision, heavy wave action, and high winds.

OBS

peril of the sea; sea peril : designations usually used in the plural.

Key term(s)
  • perils of the sea
  • sea perils

French

Domaine(s)
  • Risques et menaces (Sécurité)
  • Assurance transport
  • Transport par eau
  • Droit maritime
DEF

Accident fortuit ou sinistre d'ordre naturel, auquel est exposé un navire en mer, à l'exclusion des risques politiques ou juridiques tels qu'angarie, embargo, capture, etc.

CONT

Une tempête, un naufrage ou un échouement constituent des fortunes de mer.

OBS

fortune de mer; péril de mer : désignations habituellement utilisées au pluriel.

Key term(s)
  • fortunes de mer
  • périls de mer

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Riesgos y amenazas (Seguridad)
  • Seguro de transporte
  • Transporte por agua
  • Derecho marítimo
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Record 2 2015-09-01

English

Subject field(s)
  • Loans
  • Transportation Insurance
  • Property Law (common law)
  • Water Transport
OBS

Bottomry loans were those in which a sum of money was loaned for a particular voyage, at maritime interest, on the security of the ship, or the ship and freight, or the ship, freight and cargo, on condition that if the voyage were performed safely, the loan should be repaid with the interest, and if she did not so arrive but is lost by a peril of the sea, nothing should be paid. [Benedict on Admiralty, 1989, p. 14 : 31].

French

Domaine(s)
  • Prêts et emprunts
  • Assurance transport
  • Droit des biens et de la propriété (common law)
  • Transport par eau
DEF

Prêt à intérêt contracté par l'armateur ou, au cours du voyage, par le capitaine, sur le corps ou les facultés, et qui n'est pas remboursé (ou ne l'est que partiellement) si un sinistre total (ou partiel) survient.

OBS

prêt à la grosse aventure : L'ancien nom donné [au prêt à la grosse] était «prêt à la grosse aventure» parce que, en cas de naufrage du navire, le prêteur n'a le droit de demander son remboursement que jusqu'à concurrence des valeurs sauvées [...]; s'il n'y a pas de valeurs sauvées, il n'a droit à rien; il court donc un risque, «une aventure».

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Préstamos
  • Seguro de transporte
  • Derecho de propiedad (common law)
  • Transporte por agua
DEF

Préstamo cuya garantía puede recaer en el casco del buque o sus aparejos, pertrechos o maquinaria, e incluso en la carga que transporta. Su reembolso, tanto del principal como de sus intereses, se hace depender de la llegada a puerto de los efectos sobre los que se ha hecho o del valor obtenido por ellos en caso de siniestro.

OBS

En la práctica, el préstamo a la gruesa [es una figura jurídica que] está en desuso.

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Record 3 2015-03-06

English

Subject field(s)
  • Maritime Law
  • Foreign Trade
DEF

A contract or agreement by which one, who is the lender, lends to another, who is the borrower a certain sum of money, upon condition that if the thing upon which the loan has been made, should be lost by any peril of the sea, or vis major, the lender shall not be repaid, unless what remains shall be equal to the sum borrowed; and if the thing arrives in-safety, or in case it shall not have been injured, but by its own defects or the fault of the master or mariners, the borrower shall be bound to return the sum borrowed, together with a certain sum agreed upon as the price of the hazard incurred.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Droit maritime
  • Commerce extérieur

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Derecho marítimo
  • Comercio exterior
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Record 4 2011-02-01

English

Subject field(s)
  • Maritime Law
DEF

A maritime lien which exists when a ship or goods comes into the possession of one who preserves them for peril at sea.

CONT

The priority of the salvage lien has been confirmed in the Lirma No. 2, where a salvage lien and crew’s wages and master disbursements liens completed for a fund only large enough to meet the salvage claim.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Droit maritime

Spanish

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