Legal Dictionary of Pakistan

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Tonnage

1. The capacity of a vessel for carrying freight or other loads, calculated in tons. 2. The total shipping tonnage of a country or port. 3. TONNAGE DUTY.

duty of tonnage

A charge imposed on a commercial vessel for entering, remaining in, or leaving a port.

register tonnage.

The volume of a vessel available for commercial use, officially measured and entered in a record for purposes of taxation. - Also termed registered tonnage.

registered tonnage

See REGISTER TONNAGE.

tonnage duty

A charge or impost for bringing a ship into port, usu. assessed on the basis of the ship's weight. ( U.S. Const. art. I, § 10, cl. 3 prohibits the states from levying tonnage duties. - Also termed tonnage tax; tonnage. See DUTY (4).

tonnage tax

See TONNAGE DUTY

tonnage-rent

A rent reserved by a mining lease or similar transaction, consisting of a royalty on every ton of minerals extracted from the mine.