Legal Term Dictionary

Where a party to an action has been ordered to produce a document part of which is either irrelevant to the matters in question or is privileged from production, he may, by leave of the court, seal up that part, If he makes an affidavit stating that it is irrelevant More...

Where a party to an action has been ordered to produce a document part of which is either irrelevant to the matters in question or is privileged from production, he may, by leave of the court, seal up that part, If he makes an affidavit stating that it is irrelevant or privileged. Daniell, Ch. Pr. 1681. The sealing up is generally done by fastening pieces of paper over the part with gum or wafers. Sweet Less...

In Louisiana. Seals are placed upon the effects of a deceased person, in certain cases, by a public officer, as a method of taking official custody of the succession. See SEALING.

In Louisiana. Seals are placed upon the effects of a deceased person, in certain cases, by a public officer, as a method of taking official custody of the succession. See SEALING. Less...

Sailors; mariners; persons whose business is navigating ships. Commonly exclusive of the officers of a ship.

Sailors; mariners; persons whose business is navigating ships. Commonly exclusive of the officers of a ship. Less...

In French law. A session; as of some public body.

In French law. A session; as of some public body. Less...

In international law. The right of search is tbe right on the part of ships of war to visit and search merchant vessels during war, in order to ascertain whether the ship or cargo is liable to seizure. Resistance to visitation and search by a neutral vessel- makes the vessel More...

In international law. The right of search is tbe right on the part of ships of war to visit and search merchant vessels during war, in order to ascertain whether the ship or cargo is liable to seizure. Resistance to visitation and search by a neutral vessel- makes the vessel and cargo liable to confiscation. Numerous treaties regulate the manner in which the right of search must be exercised. Man. Int Law, 433; Sweet In criminal law. An examination of a man's house or other buildings or premises, or of his person, with a view to the discovery of contraband or illicit or stolen property, or some evidence of guilt to be used in the prosecution of a criminal action for some crime or offense with which he is charged. In practice. An examination of the offlcial books and dockets, made in the process of investigating a title to land, for the purpose of discovering if there are any mortgages, judgments, tax-liens, or other incun> brances upon it Less...

A search-warrant is an order in writing, Issued by a justice or other magistrate, in the name of tbe state, directed to a sheriff, constable, or Other officer, commanding him to search a specified house, shop, or other premises, for personal property alleged to have been stolen, or for unlawful More...

A search-warrant is an order in writing, Issued by a justice or other magistrate, in the name of tbe state, directed to a sheriff, constable, or Other officer, commanding him to search a specified house, shop, or other premises, for personal property alleged to have been stolen, or for unlawful goods, and to bring the same, when found, before the magistrate, and usually also the body of the person occupying the premises, to be dealt with according to law. Pen. Code Cal. f 1523; Code Ala. 1886, ft 4727; Rev. Code Iowa 1880, ft 4629. Less...

In English law. An officer of the customs, whose duty it is to examine and search all ships outward bound, to ascertain whether they have any prohibited or uncustomed goods on board. Wharton. Jacob.

In English law. An officer of the customs, whose duty it is to examine and search all ships outward bound, to ascertain whether they have any prohibited or uncustomed goods on board. Wharton. Jacob. Less...

See LAND.

See LAND. Less...

The name used by the Algonquin Indians for the shell beads (or wampum) which passed among the Indians as money. Webster.

The name used by the Algonquin Indians for the shell beads (or wampum) which passed among the Indians as money. Webster. Less...

In marine insurance. A warranty of pea worthiness means that tfye vessel ia competent to resist the ordinary attacks of wind and weather, and is competently equipped and manned for the voyage, with a sufficient crew, and with suf? flclent means to sustain them, and with a captain of general More...

In marine insurance. A warranty of pea worthiness means that tfye vessel ia competent to resist the ordinary attacks of wind and weather, and is competently equipped and manned for the voyage, with a sufficient crew, and with suf? flclent means to sustain them, and with a captain of general good character and nautical skill. 3 Kent, Comm. 287. A warranty of seaworthiness extends not only to the condition of the structure of the ship itself, but requires that it be properly laden, and provided with a competent master, a sufficient number of competent officers and seamen, and the requisite appurtenances and equipments, such as ballast, cables and anchors, cordage and sails, food, water, fuel, and lights, and other necessary or proper stores and Implements for the voyage. Civil Code Cal. ? 2684. The term "seaworthy" is somewhat equivocal. In its more literal sense, it signifies capable of navigating the sea; but, more exactly, it implies a condition to be and remain in safety, in the condition she is in, whether at sea, in port, or on a railway, stripped and under repairs. If, when the policy attaches, she is in a suitable place, and capable, when repaired and equipped, of navigating the sea, she is seaworthy. But where a vessel is warranted seaworthy for a specified voyage, the place and usual length being given, something more is implied than mere physical strength and capacity; she must be suitably officered and manned, supplied with provisions and water, and furnished with charts and instruments, and, especially in time of war, with documents necessary to her security against, hostile capture. The term "seaworthy, as used in the law and practice of insurance, does not mean, as the term would seem to im* ply, capable of going to sea or of being navigated on the sea; it imports something very ifferent, and much more, viz., that she is sound, staunch, and strong, in all respects, and equipped, furnished, and provided with officers and men, provisions and documents, for a certain service. In a policy for a definite voyage, the term "seaworthy" means "sufficient for such a vessel and voyage." Capen v. Washington Ins. Co., 12 Cush. (Mass.) 517, 530. Less...