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Definition of Seaworthiness

1. Noun. Fitness to traverse the seas.

Definition of Seaworthiness

1. n. The state or quality of being seaworthy, or able to resist the ordinary violence of wind and weather.

Definition of Seaworthiness

1. Noun. (nautical) The property of a watercraft that makes it fit to go to sea. ¹

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Definition of Seaworthiness

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Lexicographical Neighbors of Seaworthiness

Literary usage of Seaworthiness

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Law of Contracts by Samuel Williston, Clarence Martin Lewis (1920)
"seaworthiness. Besides the express warranties contained in charter parties ... The basis of the undertaking of seaworthiness is the same as that of implied ..."

2. Revised Laws of the State of California: In Four Codes : Political, Civil by California, Creed Haymond, John Chilton Burch, Charles Lindley (1871)
"At what time seaworthiness must exist. 2684. What things are required to ... Different degrees of seaworthiness at different stages of th« voyage. 2686. ..."

3. An Abridgement of the Law of Nisi Prius by William Selwyn, Edward E. Law, Henry Wheaton, Thomas Isaac Wharton (1857)
"seaworthiness.—In every marine insurance, whether on ship or goods, ... It is sufficient on a question of seaworthiness, if the vessel was fit to perform ..."

4. Marine Insurance by Solomon Stephen Huebner (1920)
"seaworthiness.— The implied warranty of seaworthiness has already been ... But seaworthiness may have a different meaning according to the position or trade ..."

5. Marine Insurance by Solomon Stephen Huebner (1920)
"seaworthiness.— The implied warranty of seaworthiness has already been ... But seaworthiness may have a different meaning according to the position or trade ..."

6. Briefs on the Law of Insurance by Roger William Cooley, Lawrence Vold (1919)
"WARRANTY OF seaworthiness AND EFFECT OF BREACH THEREOF 1253-1254. (a) Nature of warranty in general 1253 (a). Except where the vessel is at sea at the ..."

7. Handbook of Admiralty Law by Robert Morton Hughes (1920)
"61 seaworthiness is, necessarily, a variable term. ... Hence the seaworthiness implied means seaworthiness for the voyage insured. ..."

8. Handbook of Admiralty Law by Robert Morton Hughes (1901)
"The question what constitutes seaworthiness is, necessarily, a very variable ... Hence the seaworthiness implied means seaworthiness for the voyage insured. ..."

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