§ 800 The master of a vessel is appointed by and holds his appointment at …
§ 801 The master of a vessel shall be always on board when it is entering …
§ 802 On entering or leaving a port, harbor, or river, the master of a …
§ 803 The master of a vessel may enforce the obedience of the mate and …
§ 804 The master of a vessel may confine any person on board, during a …
§ 805 If, during a voyage, the vessel’s supplies fail, the master, with the …
§ 806 The master of a vessel shall not abandon it during the voyage, …
§ 807 The master of a vessel, upon abandoning it, shall carry with him, so …
§ 808 The master of a vessel, who engages for a common profit on the cargo, …
§ 809 The master of a vessel shall use great care and diligence in the …
§ 810 The master of a vessel is a general agent for its owner in all …
§ 811 The master of a vessel has authority to borrow money on the credit of …
§ 812 During a voyage, the master of a vessel is a general agent for each …
§ 813 The master of a vessel may procure all its necessary repairs and …
§ 814 The master of a vessel may hypothecate the vessel, freightage, and …
§ 815 When a vessel, whether foreign or domestic, is seriously damaged, or …
§ 816 The master of a vessel may sell the cargo if the voyage is broken up …
§ 817 The master of a vessel in case of its capture may engage to pay a …
§ 818 The power of the master of a vessel to bind its owner, or the owners …
§ 819 Unless otherwise expressly agreed, or unless the contracting parties …
§ 820 The master of a vessel is liable to third persons for the acts or …
§ 821 The owner of a vessel is bound to pay to the owner of the cargo, at …

Terms Used In California Codes > Harbors and Navigation Code > Division 4 > Chapter 2 - Ship Masters and Cargoes

  • 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.
  • City: includes "city and county" and "incorporated town" but does not include "unincorporated town" or "village. See California Government Code 20
  • City: includes city and county. See California Business and Professions Code 18
  • Commissioner: means any county agricultural commissioner. See California Food and Agricultural Code 26
  • Conviction: A judgement of guilt against a criminal defendant.
  • County: includes city and county. See California Government Code 19
  • County: includes city and county. See California Business and Professions Code 17
  • County: includes city and county. See California Food and Agricultural Code 29
  • Dependent: A person dependent for support upon another.
  • Fiduciary: A trustee, executor, or administrator.
  • Goods: includes wares or merchandise. See California Harbors and Navigation Code 24
  • Grant anticipation note: means a note issued upon the security of specified accounts receivable from state or federal governments, including, without limitation, grants, loans, or a combination of both, for which funds have been appropriated and committed to a local agency. See California Government Code 53859
  • Injunction: An order of the court prohibiting (or compelling) the performance of a specific act to prevent irreparable damage or injury.
  • License: as used in this chapter also includes a "permit". See California Business and Professions Code 18631
  • Loan: includes , but is not limited to, a borrowing by a local agency represented or to be represented by bonds of a local agency. See California Government Code 53859
  • local agency: means a county, city and county, city, school district of any type, community college district, county board of education, or any other municipal or public corporation or district. See California Government Code 53850
  • local agency: means county, city and county, city, school district, community college district, or any other municipal or public corporation or district. See California Government Code 53859
  • local agency: means city, county, municipality, or political subdivision. See California Government Code 53861
  • Nolo contendere: No contest-has the same effect as a plea of guilty, as far as the criminal sentence is concerned, but may not be considered as an admission of guilt for any other purpose.
  • Person: means any person, firm, association, organization, partnership, limited liability company, business trust, corporation, or company. See California Harbors and Navigation Code 19
  • Person: means any individual, partnership, association, corporation, limited liability company, or any organized group of persons whether incorporated or not. See California Food and Agricultural Code 38
  • Plea: In a criminal case, the defendant's statement pleading "guilty" or "not guilty" in answer to the charges, a declaration made in open court.
  • Secretary: means the Secretary of Food and Agriculture. See California Food and Agricultural Code 35
  • Sell: includes offer for sale, expose for sale, possess for sale, exchange, barter, or trade. See California Food and Agricultural Code 44
  • Subpoena: A command to a witness to appear and give testimony.
  • Testimony: Evidence presented orally by witnesses during trials or before grand juries.
  • Trustee: A person or institution holding and administering property in trust.
  • Vessel: includes ships of all kinds, steamboats, steamships, canal boats, barges, sailing vessels, and every structure adapted to be navigated from place to place for the transportation of merchandise or persons. See California Harbors and Navigation Code 21