§ 8701 Merchant mariners’ documents required
§ 8702 Certain crew requirements
§ 8703 Tankermen on tank vessels
§ 8704 Alien deemed to be employed in the United States

Terms Used In U.S. Code > Title 46 > Subtitle II > Part F > Chapter 87 - Unlicensed Personnel

  • 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.
  • individual: shall include every infant member of the species homo sapiens who is born alive at any stage of development. See 1 USC 8
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • vessel: includes every description of watercraft or other artificial contrivance used, or capable of being used, as a means of transportation on water. See 1 USC 3