Subpart 42.01 Authority and Purpose
Subpart 42.03 Application
Subpart 42.05 Definition of Terms Used in This Subchapter
Subpart 42.07 Control, Enforcement, and Rights of Appeal
Subpart 42.09 Load Line Assignments and Surveys–General Requirements
Subpart 42.11 Applications for Load Line Assignments, Surveys, and Certificates
Subpart 42.13 General Rules for Determining Load Lines
Subpart 42.15 Conditions of Assignment of Freeboard
Subpart 42.20 Freeboards
Subpart 42.25 Special Requirements for Vessels Assigned Timber Freeboards
Subpart 42.30 Zones, Areas, and Seasonal Periods
Subpart 42.50 Load Line Certificates–Model Forms

Terms Used In 46 CFR Part 42 - Domestic and Foreign Voyages by Sea

  • Allegation: something that someone says happened.
  • Appeal: A request made after a trial, asking another court (usually the court of appeals) to decide whether the trial was conducted properly. To make such a request is "to appeal" or "to take an appeal." One who appeals is called the appellant.
  • Assets: (1) The property comprising the estate of a deceased person, or (2) the property in a trust account.
  • Baseline: Projection of the receipts, outlays, and other budget amounts that would ensue in the future without any change in existing policy. Baseline projections are used to gauge the extent to which proposed legislation, if enacted into law, would alter current spending and revenue levels.
  • Beneficiary: A person who is entitled to receive the benefits or proceeds of a will, trust, insurance policy, retirement plan, annuity, or other contract. Source: OCC
  • Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
  • Garnishment: Generally, garnishment is a court proceeding in which a creditor asks a court to order a third party who owes money to the debtor or otherwise holds assets belonging to the debtor to turn over to the creditor any of the debtor
  • Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
  • Lien: A claim against real or personal property in satisfaction of a debt.
  • Litigation: A case, controversy, or lawsuit. Participants (plaintiffs and defendants) in lawsuits are called litigants.
  • Recess: A temporary interruption of the legislative business.
  • Settlement: Parties to a lawsuit resolve their difference without having a trial. Settlements often involve the payment of compensation by one party in satisfaction of the other party's claims.
  • Statute: A law passed by a legislature.
  • Trial: A hearing that takes place when the defendant pleads "not guilty" and witnesses are required to come to court to give evidence.