Plunderage
A Law Dictionary, Adapted to the Constitution and Laws of the United States · John Bouvier · 1839
A Law Dictionary, Adapted to the Constitution and Laws of the United States
mar. law. The embezzlement of goods on board of a ship, is known by the name of plunderage. ‘The rule of the maritime law in such cases is, that the whole crew shall be responsible for the property thus embezzled, because there must be some negligence in finding out the depredator. Abbott on Ship. 457; 8 John. Rep. 17; 1 Pet. Adm. Dec. 243; 1 New Rep. 347; 1 Pet. Adm. Dec. 200, 239. _ PLURALITY, government, is the greater number of votes given at an election; it is distinguished from a majority, (q. Vv.) which is a plurality of all the votes which might have been given; though in common parlance majority is used in the sense here given to plurality.