Anchor
Defined in 5 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Ballentine's (1916), Bouvier (1914), Black's (1910), Black's (1891)
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
or ANKER. A measure containing ten gallons.
Ballentine's Law Dictionary
James A. Ballentine · 1916
Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia
John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914
A measure containing ten gallons. The instrument used by which a vessel or other body is held. See The Lady Franklin, 2 Low. 220, Fed. Cas. No. 7,9S4; Walsh v. Dock Co., 77 N. Y. 448; Reid v. Ins. Co., 19 Hun (N. Y.) 284. An Anchor Watch is one kept by a reduced number of men on a vessel in port or at anchor; The Lady Franklin, 2 Low. 220, Fed. Cas. No. 7,9S4; it may consist of one man on deck; The Rival, 1 Sprague 128, Fed. Cas. No. 11,867.
Black's Law Dictionary
Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
A Dictionary of Law
Henry Campbell Black · 1891
A measure containing ten galions.