Legal Definition and Related Resources of Sister

A woman who has both or either parent in common with another. It includes half-sister.

A female person considered in the relation to another person having the same parents. 193 111. App. 617.

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Sister in Maritime Law

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The following is a definition of Sister, produced by Tetley, in the context of admiralty law: ship arrest – [Translation of Sister in French: “saisie conservatoire de navires apparentés (navires jumeaux)”] [Translation of Sister in Spanish: “detención (inmovilización) de buques hermanos”] [Translation of Sister in Italian: “sequestro di nave sorella appartenente allo stesso armatore”] [Translation of Sister in German: “Ersatzbeschlagnahme”] – A procedure whereby a ship, which is not the ship to which the claim relates, but which is beneficially owned (or, in the U.K., the shares of which are beneficially owned) at the time the action in rem is brought by the party who was personally liable on the claim when it arose, may be arrested in an action in rem as security for the claim. See the U.K.’s Supreme Court Act 1981 (U.K. 1981 c. 54) sect. 21(4)(b)(ii); Canada’s Federal Court Act (R.S.C. 1985 c. F-7) sect. 43(8). South Africa’s Admiralty Jurisdiction Regulation Act 1983 (No. 105 of 1983), sect. 3(6) and (9), providing for the arrest of “associated ships” provides a particularly liberal form of sister-ship arrest. Sister-ship arrest is really a form of attachment (see this maritime law term in this legal dictionary), and therefore is not needed in the U.S. or civil law countries, where the attachment and saisie conservatoire (see this maritime law term in this legal dictionary) exist. See also the International Convention for the Unification of Certain Rules Relating to the Arrest of Seagoing Ships, adopted at Brussels May 10, 1952 (the Arrest Convention 1952, (see this legal term in this law dictionary)) art. 3 (1) and (4). See Chap. 27 in Tetley, M.L.C., 2 Ed., 1998 at pp. 1029-1046; Tetley, Int’l. M. & A. L., 2003 at pp. 419, 421. The principle of sister-ship arrest was enunciated in order to counter what are deemed as evasions of responsibility by shipowners and managers who operate large fleets in one-ship companies. These evasions are often seen to be magnified by the use of flags of convenience. “Piercing” and “lifting” the corporate veil (see this maritime law term in this legal dictionary) has been permitted more and more by legislation and even by the courts after the principle was refused with authority by the House of Lords in Salomon v. Salomon [1897] A.C. 22. See Tetley, Int’l C. of L., 1994 at pp. 41, 159 and 219-224. On the other hand, liens against one particular ship should not be transferable as liens per se against another ship, ranking ahead of creditors of the second ship. See in general, Tetley, M.L.C., 2 Ed., 1998, Chap. 27, and in particular pp. 1030-1046, 1171 and 1183. The Arrest Convention 1999, (see this legal term in this law dictionary), at art. 3(2) permits arrest of ships under common legal (i.e. registered) ownership, but not common beneficial ownership. See in general Tetley, “Arrest, Attachment, and Related Maritime Law Procedures” (1999) 73 Tul. L. Rev. 1895 at pp. 1911-1912, 1924-1925, 1935, 1943 and 1969; also available on-line at: https://www.mcgill.ca/maritimelaw/maritime-admiralty/arrest/.

Sister in Admiralty Law

For information on sister in this context, see the entry on sister in the maritime law encyclopedia.