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Definition of Ropeworks
1. ropework [n] - See also: ropework
Lexicographical Neighbors of Ropeworks
Literary usage of Ropeworks
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Women's Industries in Liverpool: An Enquiry Into the Economic Effects of by Amy Harrison (1904)
"In Liverpool rope making was carried on upon an extensive scale, and there were
six ropeworks under inspection before the Act of 1867. ..."
2. The Factory Acts: Comprising the Statutes ... with Their Respective by Great Britain, Thomas Tapping (1856)
"An Act to declare certain ropeworks not within the operation of the Factory Acts.
[3rd August, 1846.] WHEREAS by the 3 & 4 W. 4, c. ..."
3. A Treatise on the Law of Master and Servant: Including Therein Masters and ...by Charles Manley Smith by Charles Manley Smith (1860)
"ropeworks. Certain ropeworks declared not to be within the Factory Acts. 9 & 10
Viet. c. 40. Appendix, p. 458, note (i). SAILOR«. ) . SHIPWRIGHTS. ..."
4. Forms of Judgments and Orders in the High Court of Justice and Court of by Henry Wilmot Seton, Cecil Clare Marston Dale, W. Clowes, Great Britain Court of Appeal (1891)
"... ropeworks Co. v. Boyd, 21 LR Ir. 560. The rights of riparian owners on a tidal
navigable river and on an inland stream do not differ; and the right of a ..."
5. The Journal of Jurisprudence by Law Library Microform Consortium (1873)
"In 1846 another Act was passed exempting ropeworks from the operation of the Act
in 1844. In 1867 an Act was passed called " An Act for the Extension of the ..."
6. A Handbook of Employments Specially Prepared for the Use of Boys and Girls by Maria M. Ogilvie Gordon (1908)
"In the larger ropeworks, boys and girls are taken as learners at the age of 14,
or earlier, should they have an exemption certificate. ..."
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