Materialman
Dictionary of Terms and Phrases Used in American or English Jurisprudence · Benjamin Vaughan Abbott · 1879
Dictionary of Terms and Phrases Used in American or English Jurisprudence
A person who has furnished lumber, iron, brick, or any other merchandise or stuff necessary and useful in the construction or repair of a building, structure, or vessel. The term is of frequent occurrence in admiralty causes involving claims of material-men to liens on vessels for the price of what they have supplied to her; also in cases under mechanics' lien laws.