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Legal Dictionary of Pakistan

Quick lookup for English, Urdu, and Latin legal terms used in Pakistani jurisprudence.

Seaworthy

adj. (Of a vessel) properly equipped and sufficiently strong and tight to resist the perils reasonably incident to the voyage for which the vessel is insured. 0 An implied condition of marine-insurance policies, unless otherwise stated, is that the vessel will be seaworthy. - seaworthiness, n.

Unseaworthy

adj. (Of a vessel) unable to withstand the perils of an ordinary voyage. Cf. SEAWORTHY.

seaworthy vessel

A vessel that can withstand the ordinary stress of the wind, waves, and other weather that vessels might. ordinarily be expected to encounter. See SEAWORTHY.