Registry of Ships Act 1787

Ports to which vessels shall be deemed to belong.

VIII. And be it further enacted, That the port to which any ship or vessel shall hereafter be deemed and taken to belong within the intent and meaning of this act, shall be, and is hereby declared to be the port from, and to which such ship or vessel shall usually trade, or (being a new ship) shall intend to trade, and at or near which the husband or acting and managing owner or owners of such ship or vessel usually resides or reside.