Dead Freight
A New Law Dictionary and Glossary · Alexander M. Burrill · 1850
A New Law Dictionary and Glossary
In maritime law
A kind of freight payable by the charterer of a vessel, when the cargo in respect of which it is payable has, from some cause, on the part of the charterer, not been conveyed as provided.
Jacohsen^s Sea Laws, 287—292. 3 Campb. 428.