Weight of the Overload Law and Legal Definition
According to 46 USCS § 2102 [Title 46. Shipping; Subtitle II. Vessels and Seamen; Part A. General Provisions; Chapter 21. General], the term weight of the overload means "the amount obtained by multiplying the number of inches that the vessel is submerged below the applicable assigned freeboard by the tons-an-inch immersion factor for the vessel at the assigned minimum safe freeboard."
Legal Definition list
- Weight of Evidence
- Weighing Station
- Weigher
- Weeks-McLean Act
- Weekend Sentence
- Weight of the Overload
- Weighted Application
- Weighted Average Dumping Margin
- Weighted Average Interest Rate [Business Credit and Assistance]
- Weighted Average Maturity
- Weighted Average Maturity of a Pool Certificate [Business Credit and Assistance]
