Dock warrant

Dock warrant

Dock warrant, in law, a document by which the owner of a marine or river dock certifies that the holder is entitled to goods imported and warehoused in the docks.

In the Factors Act 1889 it is included in the phrase "document of title" and is defined as any document or writing, being evidence of the title of any person therein named ... to the property in any goods or merchandise lying in any warehouse or wharf and signed or certified by the person having the custody of the goods. It passes by indorsement and delivery and transfers the absolute right to the goods described in it.[1]

In England in 1911, a dock warrant was liable to a stamp duty of threepence, which was denoted by an adhesive stamp, to be cancelled by the person by whom the instrument is executed or issued.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b Chisholm 1911, p. 364.
Attribution

 This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed (1911). "Dock Warrant". Encyclopædia Britannica. 8 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 364. 



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