Legal Definition and Related Resources of Pilot
Meaning of Pilot
An officer serving on board of a ship during the course of a voyage, and having the charge of the helm and of the ship’s route. An officer authorized by’ law, who is taken on board at a particular place for the purpose of conducting a ship through a river, road, or channel, or from or into port. 10 Abb. Pr. (N. Y.) 30. Pilots of the second description are established by legislative enactments at the principal seaports in this country, and have rights, and are bound to perform duties, agreeably to the provisions of the several laws establishing them; the principal being the obligation of every vessel entering the port to take on a licensed pilot of the port, usually the first who offers his services (118 U. S. 90; 12 Fed. 81; 10 Fed. 135), or pay pilotage to the pilot so offering.
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| Pilot in the Dictionary | Pilot in our legal dictionaries | Browse the Legal Thesaurus | Find synonyms and related words of Pilot |
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| Related topics | Pilot in the World Encyclopedia of Law |
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| https://legaldictionary.lawin.org/pilot/ | The URI of Pilot (more about URIs) |
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Legal English Vocabulary: Pilot in Spanish
Online translation of the English legal term pilot into Spanish: piloto (English to Spanish translation) . More about legal dictionary from english to spanish online.
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