SWEET AND MAXWELL, LIMITED, 3, CHANCERY LANE, 1903. All rights reserved. PACIFIC. In a SLIP, "the Pacific" does not mean all Ports on the West Coast of North, Central, or South, America; what it means in any particular case depends on the circumstances and course of dealing (Royal Ex. Assrce v. Tod, 8 Times Rep. 669); in the it meant, all the Ports on the west coast of South America. PACKAGE.-V. PACKET: PARCEL. That which is a " PAPER WRAPPER" within s. 6, Margarine Act, 1887, cannot also be a "Package" within the same section (Toler v. Bischop, 65 L. J. M. C. 4; 73 L. T. 403; 60 J. P. 9). V. MARGARINE. Quà Salmon and Freshwater Fisheries Acts, 1861 to 1892, "Package,' shall mean and include, any box, basket, barrel, case, receptacle, sack, bag, wrapper, or other thing, in which fish is placed for the purpose of carriage consignment or exportation " (s. 6, 55 & 56 V. c. 50). Similar Package; V. SIMILAR. PACKER. "This is a term well understood in London, and means, a person employed by merchants to receive, and (in some instances) to select, goods for them from manufacturers, dyers, calenderers, &c, and pack the same for exportation" (Arch. Bank., 11 ed., 37). PACKET. — V. PACKAGE: PARCEL: POST LETTER. Quà Post Office Offences Act, 1837, 1 V. c. 36, “Packet" includes LETTER (s. 47); V. same section for interp of "Packet Postage," "Packet Letter," "Packet Boats," and "Post Office Packets.” Quà Post Office Act, 1875, 38 & 39 V. c. 22, " Postal Packet," means, a letter, post-card, newspaper, book-packet, pattern or sample packet, circular, legal and commercial document, packet of photographs, and 92279 |