# Dockyard Ports Regulation Act 1865, Section 2: Interpretation of terms.


In this Act—
The term “dockyard port” means any port, harbour, haven, roadstead, sound, channel, creek, bay, or navigable river of the United Kingdom in, on, or near to which Her Majesty now or at any time hereafter has any dock, dockyard, steam factory yard, victualling yard, arsenal, wharf, or mooring:
The term “vessel” includes ship, boat, lighter, and craft of every kind, however propelled:
The term “master” applied to a vessel means the person having the command or charge of the vessel for the time being:
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The term “sheriff” means the sheriff principal of the county
. . .
in Scotland in which the matter submitted to the cognizance of the sheriff arises, and includes the sheriff . . . :
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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Vict/28-29/125/section/2 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/dockyard-ports-regulation-act-1865/section-2
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