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Jones Act vessel

A craft designed or used for transporting cargo or people on navigable waters, or that was being used for navigation at the time of a worker's injury. 0 For an injured worker to qualify as a seaman, and to be entitled to recover under the Jones Act, the worker must have been assigned to a vessel. A craft qualifies as a vessel if it is designed or used primarily for transportation on navigable waters, or if it was being used for navigational purposes at the time the worker was injured. But if the injury occurred, for example, on a work platform that was securely anchored and had no independent means of navigation, the platform would not qualify as a vessel and a claim under the Jones Act would fail.

Jones Act vessel.

See VESSEL jour (zhoor), n. [French] Day <jour en banc>

Public Vessels Act

A federal law enacted in 1925 to allow claims against the United States for damages caused by one of its vessels. 46 USCA §§ 781-790.

Vessel

A ship, brig, sloop, or other craft used -or capable of being used - to navigate on water. ( To qualify as a vessel under the Jones Act, the structure's purpose must to some reasonable degree be the transportation of passengers, cargo, or equipment from place to place across navigable waters.

active-control-of-vessel duty.

See ACTIVE-OPERATIONS DUTY.

enrollment of vessels

Maritime law. The recording and certification of vessels used in coastal or inland navigation, as distinguished from the "registration" of vessels used in foreign commerce. ( Enrollment and registry are used to distinguish certificates granted to two classes of vessels. Enrollment evidences the national character of a vessel engaged in coasting trade or home traffic; registry is used to declare the nationality of a vessel engaged in foreign trade. Cf. REGISTRY (2).

foreign vessel

A vessel owned by residents of, or sailing under the flag of, a foreign nation.

public vessel

See VESSEL.

sea going vessel

A vessel that - considering its design, function, purpose and capabilities - is normally expected both to carry passengers for hire and to engage in substantial operations beyond the boundary line (set by the Coast Guard) dividing inland waters from the high seas. ( Typically excluded from the definition are pleasure yachts, tugs and towboats, fishing boats, and other vessels that do not ordinarily carry passengers for hire. "Despite the important role a 'vessel' plays in maritime law, there is no settled definition of the term. Congress has defined a vessel as including 'every description of watercraft or other artificial contrivance used, or capable of being used, as a means of transportation on water.' 1 U.S.C.A. § 3. The Supreme Court has defined vessels as 'all navigable structures intended for transportation.' Cope u. Vallette Dry-Dock Co., 119 U.S. 625 (1887)." Frank L. Maraist, Admiralty in a Nutshell 14 (3d ed. 1996).

sea-going vessel.