Legal Term Dictionary

In old English law. A marshal; a master of the stables; an officer of the exchequer; a military officer of high rank, having powers and duties similar to those of a constable. Du Cange. See MARSHAL.

In old English law. A marshal; a master of the stables; an officer of the exchequer; a military officer of high rank, having powers and duties similar to those of a constable. Du Cange. See MARSHAL. Less...

L. Fr. Marshal; a high officer of the royal household. Britt fol. lb.

L. Fr. Marshal; a high officer of the royal household. Britt fol. lb. Less...

Marshy ground overflowed by the sea or great rivers. Co. Litt 5.

Marshy ground overflowed by the sea or great rivers. Co. Litt 5. Less...

1. The edge or border; the edge of a body of water where it meets the land. As applied to a boundary line of land, the "margin" of a river, creek, or other water-course means the center of the stream. Ex parte Jennings, 6 Cow. (N. Y.) 527, 16 Am. More...

1. The edge or border; the edge of a body of water where it meets the land. As applied to a boundary line of land, the "margin" of a river, creek, or other water-course means the center of the stream. Ex parte Jennings, 6 Cow. (N. Y.) 527, 16 Am. Dec. 447; Varick v. Smith, 9 Paige Less...

In Scotch law. A note inserted on the. margin of a deed, embodying either some clause which was omitted in transcribing or some change in the agreement of the parties. Bell. An abstract of a reported case, a summary of the facts, or brief statement of the principle decided, which More...

In Scotch law. A note inserted on the. margin of a deed, embodying either some clause which was omitted in transcribing or some change in the agreement of the parties. Bell. An abstract of a reported case, a summary of the facts, or brief statement of the principle decided, which is prefixed to the report of the case,1 sometimes in the margin, is also spoken of by this name. Less...

An ancient word which signified a mariner or seaman. In England, marinarius capitaneus was the admiral or warden of the ports.

An ancient word which signified a mariner or seaman. In England, marinarius capitaneus was the admiral or warden of the ports. Less...

Naval; relating or pertaining to the sea; transacted at sea; doing duty or service on the sea. This is also a general name for the navy of a kingdom or state; as also the whole economy of naval affairs, or whatever respects the building, rigging, arming, equipping, navigating, and fighting More...

Naval; relating or pertaining to the sea; transacted at sea; doing duty or service on the sea. This is also a general name for the navy of a kingdom or state; as also the whole economy of naval affairs, or whatever respects the building, rigging, arming, equipping, navigating, and fighting ships. It comprehends also the government of naval armaments, and the state of all the persons employed therein, whether civil or military. Also one of the marines. Wharton. See Doughten v. Vandever, 5 Del. Ch. 73. -Marine belt. That portion of the main or open sea, adjacent to the shores of a given country, over which the jurisdiction of its municipal laws and local authorities extends; defined by international law as extending out three miles from the shore. See The Alexander (D. C.) 60 Fed. 918.-Marine carrier. By statutes of several states this term is applied to carriers plying upon the ocean, arms of the sea, the Great Lakes, and other navigable waters within the jurisdiction of the United States. Civ. Code Cal. 1903. ? 2087; Rev. & Ann. St Okl. 1903, I 652; Rev. Codes N. D. 1899, f 4176.-Marine oontraot. One relating to maritime affairs, shipping, navigation, marine insurance, affreightment, maritime loans, or other business to be done upon the sea or in connection with navigation.-Marine oorps. A body of soldiers enlisted and equipped for service on board vessels of war; also the naval forces of the nation. TJ. S. v. Dunn, 120 U. S. 249, 7 Sup. Ct 507, 30 L. Ed. 667.-Marine court in the city of New York. A local court of New York having original jurisdiction 'of civil causes, where the action is for nersonal injuries or defamation, and of other civil actions where the damages claimed do not exceed $2,000. It is a court of record. It was originally created as a tribunal for the settlement of causes between seamen.-Marine insurance. See INSURANCE.-Marine interest. Interest, allowed to be stipulated for at an extraordinary rate, for the use and risk of money loaned on respondentia and bottomry bonds.-Marine league. A measure of distance commonly employed at sea, being equal to one-twentieth part of a degree of latitude, or three geographical or nautical miles. See Rockland, etc., S. Co., v. Fessenden, 79 Me. 140, 8 Atl. 552.-Marine risk. The perils of the sea; the perils necessarily incident to navigation.-M"rii"e Society. In English law. A charitable institution for the purpose of apprenticing boys to the naval service, etc., incorporated by 12 Geo. III. c. 67. Less...

A seaman or sailor; one engaged in navigating vessels upon the sea.

A seaman or sailor; one engaged in navigating vessels upon the sea. Less...

A body of infantry soldiers, trained to serve on board of vessels of war when In commission and to fight in naval engagements. Maris et foamlnse eonjunctip est de jure natures. 7 Coke, 13. The connection of male and female is by the law of nature.

A body of infantry soldiers, trained to serve on board of vessels of war when In commission and to fight in naval engagements. Maris et foamlnse eonjunctip est de jure natures. 7 Coke, 13. The connection of male and female is by the law of nature. Less...

An officer in Scotland, who, with the lord high constable, possessed a supreme Itinerant jurisdiction in all crimes committed within a certain space of the court, wherever it might happen to be. Wharton.

An officer in Scotland, who, with the lord high constable, possessed a supreme Itinerant jurisdiction in all crimes committed within a certain space of the court, wherever it might happen to be. Wharton. Less...