Legal Dictionary of Pakistan
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Wharf
A structure on the shores of navigable waters, to which a vessel can be brought for loading or unloading.
Wharfinger
, n. Hist. The owner or occupier of a wharf; one who keeps a wharf to receive merchandise for forwarding or delivery to a consignee.
private wharf
One that can be used only by its owner or lessee.
public wharf
See WHARF.
right of wharfing out
Hist. A right to the exclusive use of submerged lands, as by establishing a permanent structure or wharf on the land to dock oceangoing vessels.
wharfage
, n. Hist. 1. The fee paid for landing, loading, or unloading goods on a wharf. 2. The accommodation for loading or unloading goods on a wharf.
wharfing out, right of
See RIGHT OF WHARFING OUT.