Subpart 196.01 Application
Subpart 196.05 Notice to Mariners and Aids to Navigation
Subpart 196.07 Notice and Reporting of Casualty and Voyage Records
Subpart 196.12 Stability Letter
Subpart 196.13 Station Bills
Subpart 196.15 Test, Drills, and Inspections
Subpart 196.19 Maneuvering Characteristics
Subpart 196.20 Whistling
Subpart 196.25 Searchlights
Subpart 196.27 Lookouts
Subpart 196.30 Reports of Accidents, Repairs, and Unsafe Equipment
Subpart 196.33 Communication Between Deckhouses
Subpart 196.34 Work Vests
Subpart 196.35 Logbook Entries
Subpart 196.36 Display of Plans
Subpart 196.37 Markings for Fire and Emergency Equipment, Etc.
Subpart 196.40 Markings On Vessels
Subpart 196.43 Placard of Lifesaving Signals
Subpart 196.45 Carrying of Excess Steam
Subpart 196.50 Compliance With Provisions of Certificate of Inspection
Subpart 196.53 Exhibition of Credential
Subpart 196.80 Explosive Handling Plan
Subpart 196.85 Magazine Control
Subpart 196.95 Pilot Boarding Operations
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Terms Used In 46 CFR Part 196 - Operations

  • Assets: (1) The property comprising the estate of a deceased person, or (2) the property in a trust account.
  • Attachment: A procedure by which a person's property is seized to pay judgments levied by the court.
  • Conviction: A judgement of guilt against a criminal defendant.
  • Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
  • Discovery: Lawyers' examination, before trial, of facts and documents in possession of the opponents to help the lawyers prepare for trial.
  • Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
  • Fiscal year: The fiscal year is the accounting period for the government. For the federal government, this begins on October 1 and ends on September 30. The fiscal year is designated by the calendar year in which it ends; for example, fiscal year 2006 begins on October 1, 2005 and ends on September 30, 2006.
  • Garnishment: Generally, garnishment is a court proceeding in which a creditor asks a court to order a third party who owes money to the debtor or otherwise holds assets belonging to the debtor to turn over to the creditor any of the debtor
  • Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
  • Lien: A claim against real or personal property in satisfaction of a debt.
  • Obligation: An order placed, contract awarded, service received, or similar transaction during a given period that will require payments during the same or a future period.
  • Partnership: A voluntary contract between two or more persons to pool some or all of their assets into a business, with the agreement that there will be a proportional sharing of profits and losses.
  • Settlement: Parties to a lawsuit resolve their difference without having a trial. Settlements often involve the payment of compensation by one party in satisfaction of the other party's claims.
  • Trial: A hearing that takes place when the defendant pleads "not guilty" and witnesses are required to come to court to give evidence.