DOCK

See also:

• WARRANT (Med. Lat. warantum; O. Fr. garant, warant, derived from O.H.G. root represented in modern German bygewdhren)

WARRANT  , in law, a document by which the owner of a marine or river dock certifies that the holder is entitled to goods imported and warehoused in the docks . In the Factors Act 1889 it is included in the phrase " document of title " and is defined as any document or writing, being evidence of the title of any person therein named . . . to the property in any goods or merchandise lying in any warehouse or wharf and signed or certified by the person having the custody of the goods . It passes by indorsement and delivery and transfers the absolute right to the goods described in it . A dock warrant is liable to a stamp duty of threepence, which may be denoted by an adhesive stamp, to be cancelled by the person by whom the instrument is executed or issued .