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EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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He entered the service of Henry Oughtred of Southampton, a major international merchant and shipowner .
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If the cargo owner was not in privity of contract, the shipowner might need protection against claims in tort.
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In 1874 she married Edward Langtry, son of a Belfast shipowner .
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In 1925 the ship was bought by a Glasgow shipowner who planned to convert her to a nautical museum.
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In this case the money came from a single, wealthy shipowner who attended his chapel.
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The shipowner had protested his innocence, claiming that the loss of his ship was genuine.
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The defendant shipowner was under a statutory duty to provide pens for cattle on board his ship.
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Then the shipowner had gone into hiding.