Missing Ship
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 ship which has been at sea and unheard from for so long a time as to give rise to the presumption that she has perished with all on board. Bouvier; Wharton. A vessel is called a missing ship when, computed from her known day of sailing, the time that has elapsed exceeds the average duration of similar voyages at the same season of the year. The phrase is identical in meaning with the phrase " out of time," but is used by merchants and insurers in different senses. (2 Duer Ins. 469.) BurriU.