Legal Definition and Related Resources of Ship
Meaning of Ship
A vessel of any description used in navigation not propelled by oars. In popular language, it includes barges, brigs, schooners, sloops, cutters and includes everything floating in or upon the water , built in a peculiar form and used for a particular purpose. The term also embraces her boats, tackle, apparel and appurtenances because they are part of the ship as a going concern . See Manila Prize Cases, 188 U.S. 254, 23 S.Ct.415,47 L.Ed.463. To put on board a vessel; to load.
Ship Alternative Definition
A vessel employed in navigation; for example, the terms the ship’s papers, the ship’s husband, shipwreck, and the like, are employed whether the vessel referred to be a brig, a schooner, a sloop, or a threemasted vessel. A vessel with three masts, employed in navigation. 4 Wash. C. C. (U. S.) 530; Weskett, Ins. 514. The. boats and rigging (2 Marsh. Ins. 727), together with the anchors, masts, cables, and such-like objects, are considered as part of the ship (Pardessus, note 599; Dig. 22. 2. 44).
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Online translation of the English legal term ship into Spanish: buque (English to Spanish translation) . More about legal dictionary from english to spanish online.
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- Law Enforcement Officer
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- ship in A Dictionary of Law Enforcement (Oxford University Press)
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