TONNAGIUM

In old English law. A custom or impost upon wines and other merchandise exported, or imported, according to a certain. rate per ton. Spelman; Cowell. … [Read more...] about TONNAGIUM

When the rent reserved by a mining lease or the like consists of a royalty on every ton of minerals gotten in the mine, it is often called a ''tonnage-rent'" There is generally a dead rent in addition. Sweet … [Read more...] about TONNAGE-RENT

In English law. A duty Imposed by parliament upon merchandise exported and imported, according to a certain rate upon every ton. Brown. In American law. A tax laid upon vessels according to their tonnage or cubical capacity. A tonnage duty is a duty imposed on vessels in proportion to their capacity. The vital principle of a tonnage duty is that it is imposed, whatever the … [Read more...] about TONNAGE DUTY

mar. law. The capacity of a ship or vessel. 3. The duties paid on the tonnage of a ship or vessel are also called tonnage. 4. These duties are altogether abolished in relation. to American vessels by the act of May 31, 1830, s. 1, 4 Story's Laws U. S. 2216. And by the second section of the same act, all tonnage duties on foreign vessels are abolished, provided the president of … [Read more...] about TONNAGE

Twenty hundred weight, each hundred weight being one hundred and twelve pounds avoirdupois. … [Read more...] about TON