Armed
Defined in 3 dictionaries — Bouvier (1914), Black's (1910), Black's (1891)
Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia
John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914
Furnished with weapons of offence or defence; furnished with the means of security or protection. Webster's Diet. The fact that there was on board a vessel but one musket, a few ounces of powder, and a few balls, would not make her an armed vessel; Murray v. The Charming Betsy, 2 Cra. (U. S.) 121, 2 L. Ed. 208.
Black's Law Dictionary
Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
A Dictionary of Law
Henry Campbell Black · 1891
A vessel is “armed” when she is fitted with a full armament for fighting purposes. She may be equipped for warlike purposes, without being “armed.” By “armed” it is ordinarily meant that she has eannen, but if she had a fighting crew, muskets, pistols, powder, shot, cutlasses, and boarding appliances, she might well be said to be equipped for warlike purposes, though notarmed. 2 Hurl. & C.537; 2 Cranch, 121,