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Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia · John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914
Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia
The entire load of a ship or other vessel.
Abbott, Shipp.; Phile v. The Anna, 1 Dall. (U. S.) 197, 1 L. Ed. 9S; Merlin, Rupert.; Allegre's Adm'rs v. Ins. Co., 2 Gill & J. (Md.) 130, 20 Am. Dec. 424. See Benj. Sales §§ 5S9, 590.
This term Is usually applied to goods only, and does not include human beings; 1 Phill. Ins. 185; 4 Pick. 429. But in a more extensive and less technical sense it includes persons: thus, we say, A