affreightment

British  

/ əˈfreɪtmənt /

noun

1. a contract hiring a ship to carry goods

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Etymology

Origin of affreightment

C19: from French affréter to charter a ship, from fret _freight

Example Sentences

Charter-party, ch�rt′ėr-p�r′ti, n. the common written form in which the contract of affreightment is expressed—viz. the hiring of the whole or part of a ship for the conveyance of goods.

From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 1 of 4: A-D) by Various

It was contended by this justice that "his contract of affreightment could not be fulfilled" in any event, and he should have been aware of this fact.

From Neutral Rights and Obligations in the Anglo-Boer War by Campbell, Robert Granville

The most important example of illegality in the case of contracts of affreightment is when the contract involves trading with an enemy.

From The Project Gutenberg Encyclopedia Volume 1 of 28 by Project Gutenberg

The Court thereupon proceeded to hold that admiralty had jurisdiction in personam as well as in rem, over controversies arising out of contracts of affreightment between New York and Providence.

From The Constitution of the United States of America: Analysis and Interpretation Annotations of Cases Decided by the Supreme Court of the United States to June 30, 1952 by Corwin, Edward Samuel

I said, upon the business of the apportioning the affreightment of the Saracen's Head.

From Idonia: A Romance of Old London by Wallis, Arthur F.