maximum duty

Under the new rules, maximum duty time would range between 9 and 14 hours, depending on the start time and number of flight segments.

In most cases, where the exported goods are liable to a positive rate of duty, using this method will provide maximum duty relief.

A decrease in maximum duty time: Pilots currently can be on duty as long as 16 consecutive hours.

Through a multitude of complicated tariff schedule revisions, the act made almost all woolen goods subject to the maximum duty rate.

Until then, the Constitution had permitted Congress to levy a maximum duty of ten dollars per slave imported into the United States.

In a welding power supply, the maximum duty cycle is defined as the percentage of time in a 10 minute period that it can be operated continuously before overheating.

Federal inspectors charged Northwest Airlines yesterday with breaking numerous safety rules or guidelines, including those governing compliance with maintenance requirements, limiting postponement of repairs and setting maximum duty times for pilots.

The official report blamed the company for serious non-conformances to flight and duty time, with no regulations or company rules governing maximum duty periods for loadmasters and ground engineers, resulting in increased potential for fatigue-induced errors.

In 1842 in response to the blue book published by Villiers' 1840 Committee on Import Duties, Peel gave the concession of modifying the sliding scale by reducing the maximum duty to 20 shillings when the price fell to 51 shillings or less.