duty of tonnage
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duty of tonnage — A fee that encompasses all taxes and customs duties, regardless of their name or form, imposed upon a vessel as an instrument of commerce for entering, remaining in, or exiting from a port. Dictionary from West s Encyclopedia of American Law.… … Law dictionary
duty — A human action which is exactly conformable to the laws which require us to obey them. Legal or moral obligation. An obligation that one has by law or contract. Obligation to conform to legal standard of reasonable conduct in light of apparent… … Black's law dictionary
duty — A human action which is exactly conformable to the laws which require us to obey them. Legal or moral obligation. An obligation that one has by law or contract. Obligation to conform to legal standard of reasonable conduct in light of apparent… … Black's law dictionary
Tonnage — Ton nage (?; 48), n. [From {Ton} a measure.] [1913 Webster] 1. The weight of goods carried in a boat or a ship. [1913 Webster] 2. The cubical content or burden of a vessel, or vessels, in tons; or, the amount of weight which one or several… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
tonnage duty — n. A tax imposed on ships according to tonnage, assessed when they enter a country. The Essential Law Dictionary. Sphinx Publishing, An imprint of Sourcebooks, Inc. Amy Hackney Blackwell. 2008 … Law dictionary
tonnage — (n.) early 15c., from TON (Cf. ton) + AGE (Cf. age). Originally was tax or duty on wine imported in tuns … Etymology dictionary
tonnage — [tun′ij] n. [ME < MFr: see TUN & AGE] 1. a duty or tax on ships, based on tons carried 2. a charge per ton on cargo or freight on a canal, at a port, etc. 3. the total amount of shipping of a country or port, calculated in tons 4. the carrying … English World dictionary
Tonnage — Duty levied on imported wine arriving in tuns or casks, after the 13c … Dictionary of Medieval Terms and Phrases
tonnage — /tun ij/, n. 1. the capacity of a merchant vessel, expressed either in units of weight, as deadweight tons, or of volume, as gross tons. 2. ships collectively considered with reference to their carrying capacity or together with their cargoes. 3 … Universalium
tonnage-duty — A tax laid upon vessels according to their tonnage or cubical capacity. The vital principle of a tonnage duty is that it is imposed, whatever the subject, solely according to the rule of weight, either as to the capacity to carry or the actual… … Black's law dictionary
