Rotten Clause
Black's Law Dictionary · Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
Black's Law Dictionary
A clause sometimes inserted in policies of marine insurance, to the effect that "if, on a regular survey, the ship shall be declared unseaworthy by reason of being rotten or unsound," the insurers shall be discharged.
1 Phll. Ins. § 849. See Steinmetz v. United States Inn. Co., 2 Serg. & R. (Pat) 296.