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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

A measure equivalent to ten gallons.

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 measure containing ten gallons.

A Dictionary of Law

Henry Campbell Black · 1891

A measure containing ten galions.