Definitions for "Jones Act"
federal law that grants a seaman who suffers injury to his or her person during the course of employment a right to damages
An 1886 Federal law forbidding foreign registry ships from carrying passengers solely between U.S. ports.
A common name for the United States Merchant Marine Act of 1920. This act requires that all vessels being used to transport cargo and passengers between ports in the United States (US) are owned by US citizens, built at US shipyards and manned by crews that are US Citizens.