Haven
A Dictionary of Law · Henry Campbell Black · 1891
A Dictionary of Law
A place of a large receipt and safe riding of ships, so situate and secured by the land cireuimjacent that the vessels thereby ride and anchor safely, and are protected by the adjacent land from dangerous or viclent winds; as Milford Haven, Plymouth Haven, and the like. Hale de Jure Mar. par.
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