lay days

lay days
the period within which, according to the terms of a charterparty, cargo must be loaded on to or unloaded from a ship. '"Lay days" are described in a charterparty in various ways; sometimes certain days are fixed for loading and unloading. . . . They may be described, and sometimes they are described, in a charterparty as days of so many working hours.' – per Lord Escher MR in Neilson v. Watt (1885) 16 QBD 67 at 71.

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  • lay days — In the law of shipping, days allowed without penalty to charter parties for loading and unloading the cargo …   Black's law dictionary

  • lay days — In the law of shipping, days allowed without penalty to charter parties for loading and unloading the cargo …   Black's law dictionary

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  • reversible lay days — See lay days …   Big dictionary of business and management

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