See Also: TRANSHIPMENT, mar(law)
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TRANSHIPMENT, mar (law) and dear(1) (iou)


TRANSHIPMENT, mar (law)


TRANSHIPMENT, mar. law. The act of taking the cargo out of one ship and loading it in another. loading it in another. 2. When this is done from necessity, it does not affect the liability 2. When this is done from necessity, it does not affect the liability of an insurer on the goods. 1 Marsh. Ins. 166; Abbott on Ship. 240. But when of an insurer on the goods. 1 Marsh. Ins. 166; Abbott on Ship. 240. But when the master tranships goods without necessity, he is answerable for the loss the master tranships goods without necessity, he is answerable for the loss of them by capture by public enemies. 1 Gallis. R. 443. of them by capture by public enemies. 1 Gallis. R. 443.

dear(1) (iou)



dear adjective1, noun, & interjection.
[Old English deore, (West Saxon) diere = Old Frisian diore, Old Saxon diuri (Dutch dier beloved, duur high-priced), Old High German tiuri distinguished, worthy, costly (German teuer), Old Norse drr, from Germanic.]
A. adjective.
Glorious, noble, honourable, worthy. OE-E17.
Shakespeare 1 Henry IV Dear men Of estimation and command in arms.
Regarded with esteem and affection; beloved; loved, cherished; precious to. Freq. used in speech in addressing a person (sometimes as a merely polite or iron. form), and as part of the polite introduction (or occas. subscription) of a letter, esp. in a formula denoting the degree of formality involved. OE.
T. Wyatt Therewith all sweetly did me kiss And softly said, 'Dear heart how like you this?' Jeremy Taylor I am..Dear Sir, your obliged and most affectionate friend and servant J. Taylor. D. H. Lawrence My dear Lady Ottoline,I arrived Home safely. E. Waugh No, no, dear boy. You are to lunch with Jo. J. D. Salinger The kind of information that will be very, very dear to your heart. W. van T. Clark As if I were an old, dear friend she was worried about.
b. Affectionate, loving, fond. Now rare exc. as passing into sense 2c. L16.
I. Walton Sir Henry Wotton, a dear lover of this Art. J. Keble My dear love to and .
c. Lovable, endearing, sweet. colloq. M18.
Highly esteemed; high in worth or value; valuable; important. OE-E17.
Shakespeare Sonnets And with old woes new wail my dear time's waste.
High in price or charge made, absolutely or in relation to value; costly, expensive. OE.
T. Fuller The dearest town in England for fuel. D. du Maurier Any stuff like this is dear, but it will last for years.
b. Having or charging high prices. ME.
c. Of money: available on loan only at a high rate of interest. L19.
Heartfelt; earnest. L16.
G. B. Shaw My father-in-law's dearest wish was to be a teacher and a preacher.
Phrases: be dear of be kind or thoughtful of (a person, to do something). Dear John (letter) colloq. a letter from a woman to an absent fiance, husband, etc., notifying him of the end of their relationship and her attachment to another man. for dear life as though life itself were at stake. hold dear regard with affection, value highly.
b. noun.
(With or, as a form of address, also without possess.) a person dear to one; a dear one, a darling, a lovable or endearing person. Cf. DEAREST 3. ME.
Spenser From that day forth Duessa was his deare. M. Edgeworth 'Really, my dear', answered she, 'I can't say.' R. Macaulay Aunt Stanley was a great dear; treated one always as a friend. K. Amis The two things are completely different, dear. B. Pym I don't grudge the old dears a lunch.
dear knows, the dear knows = God knows s.v. KNOW verb. E19.
C. interjection. Expr. surprise, distress, sympathy, regret, etc. L17.
dear, dear! I am sorry, concerned, etc. dear me!, oh dear! I am shocked, surprised, disappointed, etc.