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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
merc. law. A duty payable to the master and mariner of a ship or vessel; to the master for the use of his cables and ropes to discharge the goods of the merchant; to the mariners for lading and unlading in any port or haven.
Merch. Dict. h. t.; Abb. on Ship. 270.
This payment appears to be of very ancient. date, and to be variously regulated in ditferent voyages and trades. It is sometimes called the master’s hat-moncy.
3 Chit. Com. Law, 431.