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Definition of Demurrages
1. demurrage [n] - See also: demurrage
Lexicographical Neighbors of Demurrages
Literary usage of Demurrages
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. History and Digest of the International Arbitrations to which the United by John Bassett Moore (1898)
"demurrages of the schooner Endymion at Angostura from November 8, 1820, to May 20,
... demurrages ..."
2. Law and Business of Engineering and Contracting: With Numerous Forms and by Charles Evan Fowler (1909)
"... and all demurrages which shall have occurred under the terms of this contract,
such excess shall be paid by the Owner to the Contractor, ..."
3. Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the Court of King's Bench: With by Great Britain Court of King's Bench, George Mifflin Wharton (1845)
"9rf. in respect of the homeward freight by reason of any demurrages or expenses
being allowed against the said freight. That was a good consideration for ..."
4. Magnalia Christi Americana: Or, The Ecclesiastical History of New-England by Cotton Mather, Samuel Gardner Drake, Thomas Robbins (1853)
"... but yet he was opposed by powerful enemies, that clogged his affairs with such
demurrages, and such disappointments, as would have wholly discouraged ..."
5. The Monthly Review by Charles William Wason (1842)
"ropean shipping may have been waiting for months, on heavy demurrages, in
expectation of obtaining cotton. We read also as follows: " On the ..."
6. Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the High Court of Admiralty by Great Britain High Court of Admiralty, John Dodson, William Scott (1828)
"... provision is made respecting freight, averages of different kinds, demurrages,
employment in warfare, and several other possible occurrences. ..."
7. Colonial Prose and Poetry by William Peterfield Trent, Benjamin Willis Wells (1903)
"... but yet he was opposed by powerful enemies, that clogged his affairs with such
demurrages, and such disappointments, as would have wholly discouraged ..."
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