Subpart 78.01 Application
Subpart 78.05 Notice to Mariners and Aids to Navigation
Subpart 78.07 Notice and Reporting of Casualty and Voyage Records
Subpart 78.10 Persons Allowed in Pilothouse and On Navigation Bridge
Subpart 78.12 Stability Information
Subpart 78.13 Station Bills
Subpart 78.15 Doors Closed At Sea
Subpart 78.16 Port Lights
Subpart 78.17 Tests, Drills, and Inspections
Subpart 78.19 Auto Pilot
Subpart 78.21 Maneuvering Characteristics
Subpart 78.23 Whistling
Subpart 78.27 Searchlights
Subpart 78.30 Lookouts, Pilothouse Watch, Patrolmen, and Watchmen
Subpart 78.33 Reports of Accidents, Repairs, and Unsafe Equipment
Subpart 78.35 Communication Between Deckhouses
Subpart 78.36 Work Vests
Subpart 78.37 Logbook Entries
Subpart 78.40 Vehicular Ferries
Subpart 78.45 Display of Plans
Subpart 78.47 Markings for Fire and Emergency Equipment, Etc.
Subpart 78.50 Markings On Vessels
Subpart 78.55 Carrying of Excess Steam
Subpart 78.57 Routing Instructions
Subpart 78.60 Compliance With Provisions of Certificate of Inspection
Subpart 78.65 Exhibition of Merchant Mariner Credential
Subpart 78.70 De-Energizing of Cargo Hold Lighting Circuits When Grain or Other Combustible Bulk Cargo Is Carried
Subpart 78.83 Operation of Vehicles in Enclosed Locations
Subpart 78.90 Pilot Boarding Operations
Subpart 78.95 Person in Charge of Transfer of Liquid Cargo in Bulk

Terms Used In 46 CFR Part 78 - Operations

  • Affidavit: A written statement of facts confirmed by the oath of the party making it, before a notary or officer having authority to administer oaths.
  • Amendment: A proposal to alter the text of a pending bill or other measure by striking out some of it, by inserting new language, or both. Before an amendment becomes part of the measure, thelegislature must agree to it.
  • Assets: (1) The property comprising the estate of a deceased person, or (2) the property in a trust account.
  • Attachment: A procedure by which a person's property is seized to pay judgments levied by the court.
  • Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
  • Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
  • Deed: The legal instrument used to transfer title in real property from one person to another.
  • Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
  • Fiduciary: A trustee, executor, or administrator.
  • 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
  • Gift: A voluntary transfer or conveyance of property without consideration, or for less than full and adequate consideration based on fair market value.
  • Injunction: An order of the court prohibiting (or compelling) the performance of a specific act to prevent irreparable damage or injury.
  • 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.
  • Liabilities: The aggregate of all debts and other legal obligations of a particular person or legal entity.
  • Lien: A claim against real or personal property in satisfaction of a debt.
  • Mortgage: The written agreement pledging property to a creditor as collateral for a loan.
  • Obligation: An order placed, contract awarded, service received, or similar transaction during a given period that will require payments during the same or a future period.
  • Partnership: A voluntary contract between two or more persons to pool some or all of their assets into a business, with the agreement that there will be a proportional sharing of profits and losses.
  • Power of attorney: A written instrument which authorizes one person to act as another's agent or attorney. The power of attorney may be for a definite, specific act, or it may be general in nature. The terms of the written power of attorney may specify when it will expire. If not, the power of attorney usually expires when the person granting it dies. Source: OCC
  • 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.
  • Trial: A hearing that takes place when the defendant pleads "not guilty" and witnesses are required to come to court to give evidence.
  • Trustee: A person or institution holding and administering property in trust.