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For hundreds of years, written contracts covering the of a ship have been known as “charter parties”. The term “charter party” from the Medieval Latin phrase “carta partita”, meaning “divided document”. To the authenticity of a document, it was to execute the contract two times on the same piece of paper and then to it into two irregular portions. Each party would take one portion; , the authenticity of the document could be proven when the edges of the two copies fit together. Although this custom was not to contracts involving ships, usage in sea commerce ultimately reserved the term “carta partita” to shipping contracts. The term “charter party” refers equally to the document and the agreement.
