The law with regard to the contract of affreightment is a branch of the general law of contract. The rights and obligations of the ship-owner and the freighter depend, as in the case of all parties to contracts, upon the terms of the agreement entered into between them.nder a time charter-party, the shipowner largely parts with control of his ship. The ship is employed, within certain limits, according to needs of the charterers. However, the shipowner remains in possession of the vessel via his employee, the master.
Definition of courtly love - a highly conventionalized medieval tradition of love between a knight and a married noblewoman, first developed by the troubadours
Webster Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition: Courtly(adj) relating or belonging to a court. Courtly(adj) elegant; polite; courtlike; flattering. Courtly(adj) disposed to favor the great; favoring the policy or party of the court; obsequious.