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lay days
lay days pl n 1. (Commerce) commerce the number of days permitted for the loading or unloading of a ship without payment of demurrage 2. (Nautical Terms) nautical the time during which a ship is kept from sailing because of loading, bad weather, etc 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, mar. law. The time allowed to the master of a vessel for loading and unloading the same. In the absence of any custom to the contrary, Sundays are to be computed in the calculation of lay days at the port of discharge. 10 Mees. & Wels. 331. See 3 Esp. 121. They differ from demurrage. (q.v.) |