Anchorage

Defined in 6 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Ballentine's (1916), Bouvier (1914), Black's (1910), Kinney (1893), Bouvier (1839)

The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary

Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922

A toll paid for every anchor cast from a ship in a port.

Ballentine's Law Dictionary

James A. Ballentine · 1916

A toll paid for casting ship’s anchor in port.

Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia

John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914

A toll paid for every anchor cast from a ship in a port. Such a toll is said to be incident to almost every port; 1 W. Bla. 413; 4 Term 260; and is sometimes payable though no anchor is cast; 2 Chit. Com. Law 16.

Black's Law Dictionary

Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910

In English law. A prestation or toll for every anchor cast from a ship in a port; and sometimes, though there be no anchor. Hale, de Jure Mae, pt. 2, c. 6. See 1 W. Bl. 413 et seq.; 4 Term. 262.

A Law Dictionary and Glossary

George C. Kinney · 1893

A toll paid by ships for the use of a

A Law Dictionary, Adapted to the Constitution and Laws of the United States

John Bouvier · 1839

mer. law. A toll paid for every anchor cast from a ship into a river, and sometimes a toll bearing this name is paid although there be no anchor cast. This toll is said to be incident in almost every port. 1 Wm. Bl. 413; 2 Chit. Com. Law, 16.