Registry: The country in which a vessel is registered. For tax purposes and some regulatory reasons, most cruise ships are registered in foreign countries. The bahamas, liberia, and panama are favorites. Incidentally, if you are wed at sea, your wedding is registered in the nation of your ship's registry.

 

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Registry: The country in which a vessel is registered. For tax purposes and some regulatory reasons, most cruise ships are registered in foreign countries. The bahamas, liberia, and panama are favorit . . . View Full Definition

Voluntary Adoption Registry: A reunion registry system which allows adoptees, birthparents and biological siblings to locate each other if they wish by maintaining a voluntary list of adoptees and birth relatives.

Putative Father Registry: a.k.a. Birth Father Registry, state registry where alleged paternity can be listed and birth fathers have the opportunity to protest the birth mother's adoption plans. Approximately one-half . . . View Full Definition

Exposure Registry: A system of ongoing followup of people who have had documented environmental exposures.

Disease Registry: A system of ongoing registration of all cases of a particular disease or health condition in a defined population.

Central Registry: A centralized database containing information on all substantiated/founded reports of child maltreatment in a selected area (typically a State).

CAS Registry Number: A unique number assigned to a substance or mixture by the American Chemical Society Abstracts Service [external link].

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Access Veto Systems: Type of reunion registry system. The veto is a document filed by one party to the adoption which registers that person's refusal to be contacted or denial of release of identifying informati . . . View Full Definition