JAMB Commerce 2014 Objective — Question 22

Question 22 of 50 from the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) Commerce 2014 Objective paper, with the correct answer and a full explanation.

The deliberate effort geared towards discarding some cargoes in order to lighten the vessel is

A. a caveat emptor
B. uberrimae fidei
C. demurrage
D. jettisonCorrect

Explanation

Jettison is an intentional act of throwing overboard ship parts of shipment or dropping out some body part of a vessel in order to save the rest of the shipment or the whole vessel from complete damage.

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