PRO RATA ITINERIS

pro rata itineris (proh ray-t[schwa] I-tin-[schwa]-ris). [Latin] Scots law. For the proportion of the journey. “Where a ship, chartered to convey a cargo to a certain port … is prevented from completing the voyage … the master of the ship may transship the goods, and thus conveying them to their destination, earn his full freight. […]